Microbial Ecology in the Atmosphere
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 3908
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biological aerosols; microbial biodiversity; taxonomy; functional diversity; metabolism
Interests: microbial ecology; functional diversity; aquatic ecosystems; enzymatic activity; ecotoxicology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Microorganisms are spread through the air, to high altitudes and over long distances. The multiple emission sources of airborne microbes lead to complex bacterial and fungal assemblages among aerosols, in clouds and in precipitation. These are thus highly variable in space and time, but their variability and links with the surface remain poorly understood. Furthermore, although cell survival is impaired during atmospheric transport, a fraction of the microbial community has been demonstrated to remain alive and maintain metabolic activity. Hence, in addition to raising obvious epidemiological issues and ecological questions, the presence of living microbes in the air may influence physical and chemical processes. Regarding microbial ecology, it is likely that not all microorganisms are equal in atmospheric transport: some can be more prone to aerosolization and/or deposition than others, particular functional traits could be linked with higher survival and maintenance in the atmosphere, etc.
In this Issue, in order to better understand microbial composition and activity in the atmosphere and their drivers, we welcome contributions about the taxonomic and functional diversities of airborne communities, their links with surface characteristics and meteorological factors, their metabolic activity and functioning in the atmosphere, or their functional traits related with maintenance, acclimation and survival. Studies about the evaluation of sanitary and environmental impacts of airborne microbes are also welcome, as well as methodologies and tools developed to study atmospheric microbes in their natural environment or under laboratory conditions.
Dr. Pierre Amato
Dr. Florent Rossi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- atmosphere
- taxonomical and functional microbial biodiversity
- microbial activity
- aerial dispersion
- surface–atmosphere exchanges
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