Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 99, 2019
Central Asian DUst Conference (CADUC 2019)
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Article Number | 04009 | |
Number of page(s) | 4 | |
Section | Impacts of atmospheric dust | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20199904009 | |
Published online | 18 June 2019 |
Exotic airborne bacteria identified in urban resuspended dust by next generation sequencing
1
University of Pannonia, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Veszprém, 8200, Hungary
2
Air Chemistry Group of the Hungarian Academy of Science, Veszprém, 8200, Hungary
3
Szentágothai Research Centre, Pécs, 7622, Hungary
* Corresponding author: kovats@almos.uni-pannon.hu
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.
Key words: urban resuspended dust / inhalable and respirable fractions / microbial community / next generation sequencing
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2019
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