Seasonal Variability of the Airborne Eukaryotic Community Structure at a Coastal Site of the Central Mediterranean.

ABSTRACT: The atmosphere represents an underexplored temporary habitat for airborne microbial communities such as eukaryotes, whose taxonomic structure changes across different locations and/or regions as a function of both survival conditions and sources. A preliminary dataset on the seasonal dependence of the airborne eukaryotic community biodiversity, detected in PM10 samples collected from July 2018 to June 2019 at a coastal site representative of the Central Mediterranean, is provided in this study. Viridiplantae and Fungi were the most abundant eukaryotic kingdoms. Streptophyta was the prevailing Viridiplantae phylum, whilst Ascomycota and Basidiomycota were the prevailing Fungi phyla. Brassica and Panicum were the most abundant Streptophyta genera in winter and summer, respectiv

SUBMITTER: Fragola M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8402549 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature