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06 Nov 2015
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Characterization of active and total fungal communities in the atmosphere over the Amazon rainforest
A. M. Womack
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
P. E. Artaxo
Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
F. Y. Ishida
Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Manaus, Brazil
School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, Qld, Australia
R. C. Mueller
Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Biosciences Division, Los Alamos, NM, USA
S. R. Saleska
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
K. T. Wiedemann
Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
B. J. M. Bohannan
Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
J. L. Green
Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA
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Fungi in the atmosphere can affect precipitation by nucleating the formation of clouds and ice. This process is important over the Amazon rainforest where precipitation is limited by the types and amount of airborne particles. We found that the total and metabolically active fungi communities were dominated by different taxonomic groups, and the active community unexpectedly contained many lichen fungi, which are effective at nucleating ice.
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