Microbial functional signature in the atmospheric boundary layer

Tignat-Perrier, Romie; Dommergue, Aurélien; Thollot, Alban; Magand, Olivier; Vogel, Timothy M.; Larose, Catherine

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-6081-2020

Articles | Volume 17, issue 23

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-6081-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-6081-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 23

Research article

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04 Dec 2020

Research article |

| 04 Dec 2020

Microbial functional signature in the atmospheric boundary layer

Romie Tignat-Perrier, Aurélien Dommergue, Alban Thollot, Olivier Magand, Timothy M. Vogel, and Catherine Larose

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RC1: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Sep 2020
- AC1: 'Responses to Referee 1', Romie Tignat-Perrier, 29 Sep 2020
  - RC3: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Oct 2020
    - SC1: 'Response to Referee 1's comment', Romie Tignat-Perrier, 02 Oct 2020
    - AC3: 'Response to Referee 1's last comment', Romie Tignat-Perrier, 05 Oct 2020
RC2: 'Microbial functional signature in the atmospheric boundary layer', Anonymous Referee #2, 29 Sep 2020
- AC2: 'Responses to Referee 2', Romie Tignat-Perrier, 01 Oct 2020

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (08 Oct 2020) by Denise Akob

AR by Romie Tignat-Perrier on behalf of the Authors (15 Oct 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (22 Oct 2020) by Denise Akob

AR by Romie Tignat-Perrier on behalf of the Authors (26 Oct 2020) Author's response Manuscript

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The adverse atmospheric environmental conditions do not appear suited for microbial life. We conducted the first global comparative metagenomic analysis to find out if airborne microbial communities might be selected by their ability to resist these adverse conditions. The relatively higher concentration of fungi led to the observation of higher proportions of stress-related functions in air. Fungi might likely resist and survive atmospheric physical stress better than bacteria.