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Growth and formaldehyde degradation of photoheterotrophic Methylobacterium<\/em> within radiation fogs<\/span><\/h1>\n

mBio Volume 17, Issue 6, 27 April 2026<\/p>\n

The atmosphere contains thousands to millions of bacterial cells per cubic meter. However, it remains unclear if microbes are at all active or growing in situ<\/em> or whether they are merely being transported in an inactive state. Based on the analyses of 32 overland radiation fog events over a 2-year period, we show that fog waters, with bacterial concentrations similar to those in continental or marine bodies of water, contain microbiomes well differentiated in composition from those in the dry aerosol microbiomes that occur locally before, during, or after fog events. They are consistently and strongly enriched in photoheterotrophic Methylobacterium<\/em> species, suggesting that fog populations may be metabolizing volatile C1 compounds in situ<\/em>, although phototrophy seems much less important. Indeed, metabolically active bacteria in the fog, and representative isolates of the main field populations, can degrade formaldehyde at unprecedently high rates; most of this activity seems to play a detoxification role. The increase in bacterial aerobiome counts upon intervening fog events, the dependence of microbial concentration on ambient temperature, the increases in cell size and frequency of dividing cells in fog water with respect to cells in interstitial aerosols of fogs, in addition to their metabolic capacity, all suggest that the fog water microbiome is actually growing. Consequently, droplets of atmospheric water should be considered a potential aquatic microhabitat. Our results highlight the fog microbiome\u2019s role in atmospheric chemistry and have implications for fog harvesting as a source of fresh water for human use.<\/p>\n

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