Community composition and seasonal changes of archaea in coarse and fine air particulate matter

Wehking, Jörn; Pickersgill, Daniel A.; Bowers, Robert M.; Teschner, David; Pöschl, Ulrich; Fröhlich-Nowoisky, Janine; Després, Viviane R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4205-2018

Articles | Volume 15, issue 13

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4205-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4205-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 13

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11 Jul 2018

Research article |

| 11 Jul 2018

Community composition and seasonal changes of archaea in coarse and fine air particulate matter

Jörn Wehking, Daniel A. Pickersgill, Robert M. Bowers, David Teschner, Ulrich Pöschl, Janine Fröhlich-Nowoisky, and Viviane R. Després

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Illumina sequences of 16S-rRNA from atmospheric coarse and fine particulate matter samples J. Wehking, D. A. Pickersgill, R. M. Bowers, D. Teschner, U. Pöschl, J. Fröhlich-Nowoisky, and V. R. Després https://doi.org/10.17617/3.1l

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Archaea as a third domain of life play an important role in soils and marine environments. Although archaea have been found in air as a part of the atmospheric bioaerosol, little is known about their atmospheric dynamics due to their low number and challenging analysis. Here we present a DNA-based study of airborne archaea, show seasonal dynamics, and discuss anthropogenic influences on the diversity, composition, and abundances of airborne archaea.