Diversity and seasonal dynamics of airborne archaea

Fröhlich-Nowoisky, J.; Ruzene Nespoli, C.; Pickersgill, D. A.; Galand, P. E.; Müller-Germann, I.; Nunes, T.; Gomes Cardoso, J.; Almeida, S. M.; Pio, C.; Andreae, M. O.; Conrad, R.; Pöschl, U.; Després, V. R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6067-2014

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6067-2014

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6067-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 21

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11 Nov 2014

Research article |

| 11 Nov 2014

Diversity and seasonal dynamics of airborne archaea

J. Fröhlich-Nowoisky, C. Ruzene Nespoli, D. A. Pickersgill, P. E. Galand, I. Müller-Germann, T. Nunes, J. Gomes Cardoso, S. M. Almeida, C. Pio, M. O. Andreae, R. Conrad, U. Pöschl, and V. R. Després

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RC C2145: 'Review "Diversity and seasonal dynamics of airborne Archaea"', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Jun 2014
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- SC C3198: 'Author comment by Ralf Conrad', Ralf Conrad, 03 Jul 2014
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We have investigated the presence of archaea as well as their amoA gene diversity in aerosol particles collected over 1 year in central Europe and found that, within the 16S and amoA gene, Thaumarchaeota prevail and experience a diversity peak in fall, while only few Euryarchaeota were detected primarily in spring. We also compared the results with airborne archaea from Cape Verde and observe that the proportions of Euryarchaeota seem to be enhanced in coastal air compared to continental air.