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LARGE numbers of microorganisms are present in the residues of hailstones, together with other insoluble particles. As the hailstone is the surviving testimony of the life history of a storm and as the organic material can be considered a natural ‘tracer’ of the ingested air mass, it is natural to investigate whether any information about the conditions in which hailstones grow can be deduced from the internal distribution of microorganisms.
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MANDRIOLI, P., PUPPI, G., BAGNI, N. et al. Distribution of Microorganisms in Hailstones. Nature 246, 416–417 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/246416a0
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