Bacterial Colonisation: From Airborne Dispersal to Integration Within the Soil Community

The deposition of airborne microorganisms into new ecosystems is the first stage of colonisation. However, how and under what circumstances deposited microorganisms might successfully colonise a new environment is still unclear. Using the Arctic snowpack as a model system, we investigated the coloni...

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Main Authors: Lucie A. Malard, David A. Pearce
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.782789/full