Air pollution is a global health problem, especially in the context of rapid economic
development and the expansion of urbanization. Herein, we discuss the harmful effects of …

Numerous recent studies have highlighted that the types of bacteria present in the
atmosphere often show predictable patterns across space and time. These patterns can be …

Background Soil bacteria naturally produce antibiotics as a competitive mechanism, with a
concomitant evolution, and exchange by horizontal gene transfer, of a range of antibiotic …

Dispersal is a critical yet poorly understood factor underlying macroecological patterns in
microbial communities. Airborne microbial transport is assumed to occupy a central role in …

Antarctica represents a unique environment, both due to the extreme meteorological and
geological conditions that govern it and the relative isolation from human influences that …

Recent high-throughput sequencing technology has led to an expansion of knowledge
regarding the microbial communities (microbiome) across various built environments (BEs) …

The Antarctica Dry Valleys are regarded as the coldest hyperarid desert system on Earth.
While a wide variety of environmental stressors including very low minimum temperatures …

Aeolian dust is emerging as a significant vehicle for long‐range transport of microorganisms.
Nonetheless, many factors relating to this highly influential dispersal mechanisms remain …

The polar regions, comprising the Antarctic, Arctic and Tibetan Plateau, represent the most
extreme environments on Earth. Soils across the polar regions harbor diverse …

The structural variation of the bacterial community associated with particulate matter (PM)
was assessed in an urban area of Beijing during hazy and nonhazy days. Sampling for …