Ice nucleation active bacteria and their potential role in precipitation

By C. Morris, D. Georgakopoulos, D. Sands. 2004

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AlphaFold2 models indicate that protein sequence determines both structure and dynamics (2022, background): “The ice nucleating properties of P. syringae are key for their biological function 62,63 , and confer them a role in cloud glaciation and precipitation 64,65 , as well as in artificial snow making 66 .”
How important is biological ice nucleation in clouds on a global scale? (2010, background): “After the discovery of ice nucleating biological particles in the 1970s, it was suggested that the biosphere plays an active role in cloud glaciation and precipitation initiation (Sands et al 1982, Morris et al 2004).”
Heterogeneous ice nucleation activity of bacteria: new laboratory experiments at simulated cloud conditions (2008, unknown): “Correspondence to:O. Möhler (Ottmar.Moehler@imk.fzk.de)”
Improvements to an Empirical Parameterization of Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation and Its Comparison with Observations (2013, methodology): “It is reviewed by Morris et al. (2004) and Möhler et al. (2007).”
Ice nucleation activity in the widespread soil fungus Mortierella alpina (2015, unknown): “…sources of biological IN, with some able to initiate the formation of ice at relatively high temperatures (Vali et al., 1976; Kieft, 1988; Pouleur et al., 1992; Diehl et al., 2001; Morris et al., 2004; Christner et al., 2008; Bowers et al., 2009; Georgakopoulos et al., 2009; Iannone et al., 2011).”
Suspendable macromolecules are responsible for ice nucleation activity of birch and conifer pollen (2012, background): “Another approach suggests that ice nucleation, as it eases precipitation, helps atmospheric microorganisms to return to the ground and so colonize new habitats (Morris et al., 2004).”
Immersion freezing of ice nucleation active protein complexes (2012, background): “Over agriculturally used areas, the number concentration of bacteria can be even higher (10 6 –10 9 bacteria m −3 given in Morris et al., 2004, and references therein), but the exact fraction of INA bacteria among all airborne bacteria remains poorly quantified .”
Microbiology and atmospheric processes: the role of biological particles in cloud physics (2007, unknown): “Biological particles, including certain bacteria, pollen, and decayed organic material have also been identified as ice nuclei (e.g. reviews by Cantrell and Heymsfield, 2005; Morris et al., 2004; Szyrmer and Zawadzki, 1997).”
Microbiology and atmospheric processes: research challenges concerning the impact of airborne micro-organisms on the atmosphere and climate (2011, unknown): “This is due in particular to its well-known activity as an ice nucleator at temperatures near zero (Möhler et al., 2007; reviewed by Morris et al., 2004), and to its significant upward flux in the atmosphere (Lindemann et al., 1982), its presence in clouds (Amato et al., 2007b; Sands et al., 1982),…”
Fluorescent pseudomonads isolated from Hebridean cloud and rain water produce biosurfactants but do not cause ice nucleation (2007, background): “Examples of ice-nucleating bacteria include strains ofErwinia herbicola, Erwinia ananas, Pseudomonas flourescens andPseudomonas syringae which are able to freeze water at temperatures as high as –2 C (Morris et al., 2005).”