Articles | Volume 20, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1777-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1777-2020
Research article
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14 Feb 2020
Research article |  | 14 Feb 2020

The global impact of bacterial processes on carbon mass

Barbara Ervens and Pierre Amato

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Bacteria in the atmosphere are important due to their potential adverse health effects and as initiators of ice cloud formation. Observational studies suggest that bacterial cells grow and multiply in clouds and also consume organic compounds. We estimate the role of microbial processes in the atmosphere for (i) the increase in biological aerosol mass by cell growth and multiplication and (ii) the sink strength of organics in clouds as a loss process in addition to chemical reactions.
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