Natasha DeLeon-Rodriguez

TL;DR: The findings presented here suggest that the microbiome is a dynamic and underappreciated aspect of the upper troposphere with potentially important impacts on the hydrological cycle, clouds, and climate.

TL;DR: The authors in this paper found that viable bacterial cells represented around 20% of the total particles in the 0.25-to 1-μm diameter range and were at least an order of magnitude more abundant than fungal cells, suggesting that bacteria represent an important and underestimated fraction of micrometer-sized atmospheric aerosols.

TL;DR: This study provides the first comprehensive analysis of the genetic diversity and metabolic potential of a temperate planktonic freshwater community and advances approaches for comparative metagenomics.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a protocol for quantifying primary biological aerosol particles (PBAP) collected from large volumes of air with a portable wet-walled cyclone bioaerosol sampler, which were confirmed against epifluorescence microscopy.

TL;DR: Sampling microbial cells in this environment remains technically challenging, but the concerns raised are not substantial for the reasons stated below.