ArticleScientific reports2016
Alterations in the airborne bacterial community during Asian dust events occurring between February and March 2015 in South Korea.
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- Infectious Diseases Associated with Desert Dust Outbreaks: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
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- The source and transport of bioaerosols in the air: A review.Frontiers of environmental science & engineering · 2021Review
- Health Effects of Asian Dust: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Environmental health perspectives · 2020Article
- Bacillus-Dominant Airborne Bacterial Communities Identified During Asian Dust Events.Microbial ecology · 2019Article
- Detection of Pathogenic Viruses in the Ambient Air in Seoul, Korea.Food and environmental virology · 2018Article
- Global Ramifications of Dust and Sandstorm Microbiota.Genome biology and evolution · 2018Article
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Abstract
During Asian dust events, a relatively high concentration of particulate matter is transported by wind from arid and semi-arid regions, such as the Gobi and Taklamakan deserts, to nearby countries, including China, Korea, and Japan. The dust particles contain various microorganisms, which can affect human health as well as the environmental microbe population. In the current study, we investigated the characteristics of the airborne bacterial community during Asian dust events between February and March 2015 in South Korea. Bacterial diversity indexes such as operational taxonomic units, Chao1 and Inverse Simpson index were increased, along with total 16S rRNA gene copy number during Asian dust events. The bacterial community structure during Asian dust events was clearly distinguishable from that during non-Asian dust days. The genera Bacillus and Modestobacter were increased 3.9- and 2.7-fold, respectively, while Escherichia-Shigella was decreased by 89.8%. A non-metric multidimensional scaling plot with metadata analysis revealed association of particulate matter concentration, but not temperature, humidity or wind speed, with bacterial community structure, suggesting that the newly transported dust particles contain various microorganisms that influence the airborne bacterial environment.
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