Marine viruses disperse bidirectionally along the natural water cycle
Rahlff, J.; Esser, S.P.; Plewka, J.; Heinrichs, M.E.; Soares, A.; Scarchilli, C.; Grigioni, P.; Wex, H.; Giebel, H.-A.; Probst, A.J. (2023). Marine viruses disperse bidirectionally along the natural water cycle. Nature Comm. 14(1): 6354. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42125-5 In: Nature Communications. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 2041-1723; e-ISSN 2041-1723, more Related to:Rahlff, J.; Esser, S.P.; Plewka, J.; Heinrichs, M.E.; Soares, A.; Scarchilli, C.; Grigioni, P.; Wex, H.; Giebel, H.-A.; Probst, A.J. (2022). Heads in the clouds: marine viruses disperse bidirectionally along the natural water cycle. bioRxiv 2022: 1-35. https://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.21.497027 , more |   |
| Authors | | Top | Dataset | - Rahlff, J.
- Esser, S.P.
- Plewka, J.
- Heinrichs, M.E.
| - Soares, A.
- Scarchilli, C.
- Grigioni, P.
| - Wex, H.
- Giebel, H.-A.
- Probst, A.J.
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| Abstract | Marine viruses in seawater have frequently been studied, yet their dispersal from neuston ecosystems at the air-sea interface towards the atmosphere remains a knowledge gap. Here, we show that 6.2% of the studied virus population were shared between air-sea interface ecosystems and rainwater. Virus enrichment in the 1-mm thin surface microlayer and sea foams happened selectively, and variant analysis proved virus transfer to aerosols collected at ~2 m height above sea level and rain. Viruses detected in rain and these aerosols showed a significantly higher percent G/C base content compared to marine viruses. CRISPR spacer matches of marine prokaryotes to foreign viruses from rainwater prove regular virus-host encounters at the air-sea interface. Our findings on aerosolization, adaptations, and dispersal support transmission of viruses along the natural water cycle. |
| Dataset | - Rahlff, J.; Esser, S.P.; Heinrichs, M.E.; Giebel, HA.; Probst, A.J.; (2023): Flow cytometric assessment of virus-like particle, prokaryote and small phototrophic eukaryote abundances from sea foam, surface microlayer, 1-m depth, rainwater from the Swedish Skagerrak. PANGAEA, more
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