Comparison of Atmospheric and Lithospheric Culturable Bacterial Communities from Two Dissimilar Active Volcanic Sites, Surtsey Island and Fimmvörðuháls Mountain in Iceland

• Published in: Microorganisms
• Main Authors: Aurélien Daussin, Pauline Vannier, Marine Ménager, Lola Daboussy, Tina Šantl-Temkiv, Charles Cockell, Viggó Þór Marteinsson
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: bioaerosols; microbial cultivation; atmospheric bacteria; volcanic rocks; survival; colonization; source apportionment; air-mass trajectory; Surtsey; Fimmvörðuháls; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11030665

Surface microbes are aerosolized into the atmosphere by wind and events such as dust storms and volcanic eruptions. Before they reach their deposition site, they experience stressful atmospheric conditions which preclude the successful dispersal of a large fraction of cells. In this study, our objec...