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City-scale distribution and dispersal routes of mycobiome in residences.
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- The Indoor Microbiome: Sampling, Analysis and Emerging Trends.Environmental microbiology reports · 2026Pooled it
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- An Integrated Analysis Approach to Unravel theJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Design and regulation of engineered bacteria for environmental release.Nature microbiology · 2025Review
- From Soil to Surface: Exploring the Impact of Green Infrastructure on Microbial Communities in the Built Environment.Journal of genomics · 2025Article
- Diverse and specialized metabolic capabilities of microbes in oligotrophic built environments.Microbiome · 2024Article
- Infant Mode of Delivery Shapes the Skin Mycobiome of Prepubescent Children.Microbiology spectrum · 2022Article
- Surface fungal diversity and several mycotoxin-related genes' expression profiles during the Lunar Palace 365 experiment.Microbiome · 2022Article
- Season, Vegetation Proximity and Building Age Shape the Indoor Fungal Communities' Composition at City-Scale.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Metagenomic insights into the microbial communities of inert and oligotrophic outdoor pier surfaces of a coastal city.Microbiome · 2021Article
- Type 2-high asthma is associated with a specific indoor mycobiome and microbiome.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2021Article
- Critically Appraising the Significance of the Oral Mycobiome.Journal of dental research · 2021Review
- The Mycobiome in Health and Disease: Emerging Concepts, Methodologies and Challenges.Mycopathologia · 2020Review
- The human lung and Aspergillus: You are what you breathe in?Medical mycology · 2019Review
- The Seasonal Dynamics and the Influence of Human Activities on Campus Outdoor Microbial Communities.Frontiers in microbiology · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundPathogenic and allergenic bacteria and fungi within the indoors can bring detrimental health effects on the occupants. We previously studied the bacterial communities found in households located throughout Hong Kong as well as the skin surfaces of the occupants. As a complementary study, here, we investigated the fungal communities (mycobiome) in the same residences and occupants and identified factors that are important in shaping their diversity, composition, distribution, and dispersal patterns.
resultsWe observed that common skin and environmental fungal taxa dominated air, surface, and skin samples. Individual and touch frequency strongly and respectively shaped the fungal community structure on occupant skin and residential surfaces. Cross-domain analysis revealed positive correlations between bacterial and fungal community diversity and composition, especially for skin samples. SourceTracker prediction suggested that some fungi can be transferred bidirectionally between surfaces and skin sites, but bacteria showed a stronger dispersal potential. In addition, we detected a modest but significant association between indoor airborne bacterial composition and geographic distance on a city-wide scale, a pattern not observed for fungi. However, the distance-decay effects were more pronounced at shorter local scale for both communities, and airflow might play a prominent role in driving the spatial variation of the indoor airborne mycobiome.
conclusionsOur study suggests that occupants exert a weaker influence on surface fungal communities compared to bacterial communities, and local environmental factors, including air currents, appear to be stronger determinants of indoor airborne mycobiome than ventilation strategy, human occupancy, and room type.
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