Editor: Riks Laanbroek
Potential for atmospheric deposition of bacteria to influence bacterioplankton communities
Article first published online: 3 APR 2008
© 2008 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
Volume 64, Issue 3, pages 388–394, June 2008
How to Cite
Jones, S. E., Newton, R. J. and McMahon, K. D. (2008), Potential for atmospheric deposition of bacteria to influence bacterioplankton communities. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 64: 388–394. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00476.x
- Issue published online: 15 APR 2008
- Article first published online: 3 APR 2008
- Received 15 September 2007; revised 20 December 2007; accepted 6 February 2008.First published online 3 April 2008.
- atmospheric deposition;
Biogeographic patterns in microbial communities are an exciting but controversial topic in microbial ecology. Advances in theory pertaining to assembly of microbial communities have made strong assumptions about dispersal of bacteria without exploration. For this reason, we investigated rates of atmospheric bacterial deposition and compared the taxonomic composition of bacteria in rain with that of common freshwater bacterial communities. Our findings suggest that it is not appropriate to take for granted that atmospheric deposition of bacteria is a significant vector of immigration to freshwater ecosystems.