ArticleMicroorganisms2022
Bacterial Communities in Various Parts of Air-Conditioning Units in 17 Japanese Houses.
Article in Microorganisms, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Air Bacterial Microbiomes in Hospitals: Case Studies from a Metropolis and a Small City of Thailand.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2026Article
- Comparison of QIIME1 and QIIME2 for Analyzing Fungal Samples from Various Built Environments.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Occupants and surface types drive microbial dynamics in controlled indoor environments.Environmental microbiome · 2025Article
- Bacterial contamination in the different parts of household air conditioners: a comprehensive evaluation from Chengdu, Southwest China.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Bacterial Flora on Mist Outlet Surfaces in 4D Theaters and Suspended Particle Concentration Characteristics during 4D Movie Screenings.Microorganisms · 2023Article
- The Role of Silica Nanoparticles in Promoting the Germination of Tomato (Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Abundant Cyanobacteria in Autumn Adhering to the Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) in Shanghai.Microorganisms · 2023Article
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Abstract
HVAC systems have a significant impact on the indoor environment, and microbial contamination in HVAC systems has a significant effect on the indoor air quality. In this study, to gain a better understanding of the microbial contamination inside ACs, we used NGS to analyze the 16S rRNA gene of bacteria adhering to AC filters, cooling coils, fans, and air outlet surfaces. The five phyla in terms of the highest relative abundance were Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, Cyanobacteria, and Bacteroidetes. The surface of an AC filter provides a history of indoor airborne bacterial contamination, and of the 10 bacterial genera we detected with the highest abundance (in the following order: Pseudomonas > Staphylococcus > Paracoccus > Corynebacterium > Acinetobacter > Streptococcus > Methylobacterium > Enhydrobacter > Sphingomonas > Actinotignum) on the filter surface, the top 6 genera were Gram-negative bacteria. Furthermore, the seventh-most abundant genus adhering to the filter surface (Methylobacterium) was the second-most abundant genus on the cooling coil and fan, and the ninth-most abundant genus on the air filter (Sphingomonas) was the third-most abundant genus on the cooling coil. Various factors impact the bacterial flora inside AC units, including the location of the house, AC unit usage, and occupant activity.
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