Exotic airborne bacteria identified in urban resuspended dust by next generation sequencing

The airborne transport of bacteria is a well-known phenomenon, making it possible to exchange species between ecosystems, but it also provides a tool for spreading of pathogenic microorganisms. As part of a large-scale study, microbial community of inhalable and respirable fractions (PM1-10) of resu...

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Published in:E3S Web of Conferences
Main Authors: Kováts Nora, Horváth Eszter, Hubai Katalin, Hoffer András, Jancsek-Turóczi Beatrix, Fekete Csaba
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
French
Published: EDP Sciences 2019
Subjects:
urban resuspended dust
inhalable and respirable fractions
microbial community
next generation sequencing
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
permafrost
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20199904009
https://doaj.org/article/2082cabcc68d400aae531ab8af55a2d7
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Summary:The airborne transport of bacteria is a well-known phenomenon, making it possible to exchange species between ecosystems, but it also provides a tool for spreading of pathogenic microorganisms. As part of a large-scale study, microbial community of inhalable and respirable fractions (PM1-10) of resuspended dust collected in Budapest (Hungary) has been characterised by culture-independent next generation sequencing (NGS) of variable 16S rRNA gene regions. Apart from common, mostly ubiqituos soil and organic material-dwelling bacteria, exotic airborne species have been identified, such as Variovorax ginsengisoli, previously isolated from Korean ginseng fields or Exiguobacterium sibiricum, isolated from the Siberian permafrost.

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