SynthesisEnvironmental science & technology2022
Global Meta-analysis of Airborne Bacterial Communities and Associations with Anthropogenic Activities.
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- From air to insight: the evolution of airborne DNA sequencing technologies.Microbiology (Reading, England) · 2025Review
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- Chemical characteristics of atmospheric precipitation and their effects on microbial diversity in Baotou, China.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Antipathogenic Applications of Copper Nanoparticles in Air Filtration Systems.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Seasonal distribution of human-to-human pathogens in airborne PMFrontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Environmental determinants and demographic influences on global urban microbiomes, antimicrobial resistance and pathogenicity.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2023Article
- Respirable Metals, Bacteria, and Fungi during a Saharan-Sahelian Dust Event in Houston, Texas.Environmental science & technology · 2023Article
- Metagenomics: An Effective Approach for Exploring Microbial Diversity and Functions.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- About the Biodiversity of the Air Microbiome.Acta naturaeArticle
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Abstract
Airborne microbiome alterations, an emerging global health concern, have been linked to anthropogenic activities in numerous studies. However, these studies have not reached a consensus. To reveal general trends, we conducted a meta-analysis using 3226 air samples from 42 studies, including 29 samples of our own. We found that samples in anthropogenic activity-related categories showed increased microbial diversity, increased relative abundance of pathogens, increased co-occurrence network complexity, and decreased positive edge proportions in the network compared with the natural environment category. Most of the above conclusions were confirmed using the samples we collected in a particular period with restricted anthropogenic activities. Additionally, unlike most previous studies, we used 15 human-production process factors to quantitatively describe anthropogenic activities. We found that microbial richness was positively correlated with fine particulate matter concentration, NH
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