Storm clouds contain both

Storm clouds in the Earth's atmosphere contain many different types of bacteria, according to a new study.

The research report, published in the journal PLoS One, revealed that hail particles pouring down from storm clouds nourish a variety of bacteria that tend to reside in plants as well as thousands of organic compounds that are often found in soil.

Some species of bacteria can crystallize small ice crystalline particles which have the effect of causing rain. This shows that they have a certain role in causing rain.

Intense storm clouds are gliding above the left surface
The soil is a place to support countless different types of bacteria.(Photo: NCAR)

'Storm clouds are extremely intense. They are sucking a large amount of air under the clouds and that's how bacteria can enter the clouds , 'Tina Santl Temkiv, an environmental chemist at Aarhus University (Denmark) and co-author of the study. save, said.

According to Ms Temkiv, researchers have previously discovered bacterial life in clouds floating above mountain peaks. They found that the bacteria covered an area as far as 40 km and survived by gathering in clusters in space.

After learning about microbial life in violent storm clouds that are gliding above the Earth's surface, Ms. Temkiv and her colleagues discovered that bacterial 'forests' can grow in clouds. , increase the amount and then alter the chemical properties of the cloud as well as the atmosphere indirectly.

They found that bacteria from the air entering the clouds also indicate that the Earth's atmosphere acts as a thread connecting ecosystems far away from each other. Certain types of bacteria excel in conquering environments far away from their 'umbilical cuttings'.

'Understanding how dispersing microorganisms are extremely useful for epidemiology and the experts in microbiology' , Pierre Amato, researcher from Blaise Pascal University (France ), confirmed.