Rock surfaces as reservoirs for airborne halophilic microorganisms in the Bochnia Salt Mine
. Most taxa detected on rock surfaces overlapped with those previously identified in the mine air. These results indicate that exposed salty rock surfaces constitute favorable habitats and likely persistent reservoirs for halophilic archaea, whereas the mine atmosphere appears to represent a transient, environmentally filtered compartment that receives only a subset of the rock-associated community.
Authors
- Dominika Drzewiecka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2753-7700)
- Camille Locht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7295-7336)
- Aleksandra Puławska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0128-4434)
- Conceição Egas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2307-5414)
- Gabriela Arciszewska
- Magdalena Kowalewicz‐Kulbat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4447-0859)
- Maciej Manecki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4937-1836)
- Michalina Rachubik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8910-8567)
- Krzysztof Krawczyk
- Luciana Albuquerque
- Karolina Stępniak
Institutions
- University of Łódź (PL)
- Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille (FR)
- Next Generation Technology (United States) (US)
- Institute of Immunology (HR)
- Center for Innovation (US)
- AGH University of Krakow (PL)
- University of Coimbra (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Microbiology
- Published
- 2026-04-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1813537
- Primary Topic
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Narodowe Centrum Nauki