Nature Communications (May 2018)

Taxon-specific aerosolization of bacteria and viruses in an experimental ocean-atmosphere mesocosm

  • Jennifer M. Michaud,
  • Luke R. Thompson,
  • Drishti Kaul,
  • Josh L. Espinoza,
  • R. Alexander Richter,
  • Zhenjiang Zech Xu,
  • Christopher Lee,
  • Kevin M. Pham,
  • Charlotte M. Beall,
  • Francesca Malfatti,
  • Farooq Azam,
  • Rob Knight,
  • Michael D. Burkart,
  • Christopher L. Dupont,
  • Kimberly A. Prather

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04409-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Factors controlling the transfer of microbes from the ocean to the atmosphere are unclear. Here, Michaud et al. study this process in an enclosed ocean-atmosphere facility, and show that the degree of aerosolization of bacteria and viruses is taxon-specific.