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Terrestrial and marine influence on atmospheric bacterial diversity over the north Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

Naama Lang-Yona
Rotem Haviv
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Daniella Gat

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Abstract The diversity of microbes and their transmission between ocean and atmosphere are poorly understood despite the implications for microbial global dispersion and biogeochemical processes. Here, we survey the genetic diversity of airborne and surface ocean bacterial communities sampled during springtime transects across the northwest Pacific and subtropical north Atlantic as part of the Tara Pacific Expedition. We find that microbial community composition is more variable in the atmosphere than in the surface ocean. Bacterial communities were more similar between the two surface oceans than between the ocean and the overlying atmosphere. Likewise, Pacific and Atlantic atmospheric microbial communities were more similar to each other than to those in the ocean beneath. Atmospheric community composition over the Atlantic was dominated by terrestrial and specifically, dust-associated bacteria, whereas over the Pacific there was a higher prevalence and differential abundance of marine bacteria. Our findings highlight regional differences in long-range microbial exchange and dispersal between land, ocean, and atmosphere.

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hal-04382382 , version 1 (09-01-2024)

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Naama Lang-Yona, J. Michel Flores, Rotem Haviv, Adriana Alberti, Julie Poulain, et al.. Terrestrial and marine influence on atmospheric bacterial diversity over the north Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Communications Earth & Environment, 2022, 3 (1), pp.121. ⟨10.1038/s43247-022-00441-6⟩. ⟨hal-04382382⟩
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