The differential vertical distribution of the airborne biological particles reveals an atmospheric reservoir of microbial pathogens and aeroallergens

Núñez, Andrés; Moreno, Diego A.

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The differential vertical distribution of the airborne biological particles reveals an atmospheric reservoir of microbial pathogens and aeroallergens

dc.contributor.author	Núñez, Andrés
dc.contributor.author	Moreno, Diego A.
dc.contributor.department	Genética y Microbiología
dc.date.accessioned	2024-07-22T10:03:42Z
dc.date.available	2024-07-22T10:03:42Z
dc.date.issued	2020-03-27
dc.description	© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Microbial Ecology. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-020-01505-w
dc.description.abstract	The most abundant biological particles present in the air are bacteria, fungal propagules and pollen grains. Many of them are proved allergens or even responsible for airborne infectious diseases, which supports the increase of studies in recent years on their composition, diversity, and factors involved in their variability. However, most studies in urban areas are conducted close to ground level and a factor such as height is rarely taken into account. Thus, the information about how the composition of biological particles changes with this variable is scarce. Here, we examined the differential distribution of bacteria, fungi, and plants at four altitudes (up to ∼ 250 m) in a metropolitan area using high-throughput DNA sequencing. Most taxa were present at all levels (common taxa). However, a transitional layer between 80 and 150 m seemed to affect the scattering of these bioaerosols. Taxa not present at all altitudes (non-common) showed an upward tendency of diversity for bacteria and plants with height, while the opposite trend was observed for fungi. Certain patterns were observed for fungi and specific plant genera, while bacterial taxa showed a more arbitrary distribution and no patterns were found. We detected a wide variety of aeroallergens and potential pathogens at all heights, which summed a substantial portion of the total abundance for fungi and plants. We also identified potential connections between the biological particles based on their abundances across the vertical section.	es
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dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-020-01505-w
dc.identifier.eisbn	Microbial Ecology (2020) 80:322–333	es
dc.identifier.issn	Print: 0095-3628
dc.identifier.issn	Electronic: 1432-184
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/143309
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	Springer	es
dc.relation	Agencia financiadora: Comunidad de Madrid .Convocatoria: Convocatoria de Tecnologías 2013. Ámbito del proyecto: Regional. Nombre del proyecto: AIRBIOTA-CM: CONOCER Y MODELIZAR LA CONTAMINACIÓN BIOLÓGICA DEL AIRE URBANO. Código o número del acuerdo de subvención:S2013/MAE-2874.	es
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00248-020-01505-w	es
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	es
dc.rights	Atribución 4.0 Internacional	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Microbiology	es
dc.subject	Bioaerosol	es
dc.subject	Bacteria	es
dc.subject	Fungi	es
dc.subject	Pathogen	es
dc.subject	Urban airborne biodiversity
dc.subject	Next-generation sequencing
dc.subject	Height
dc.subject	Pollen
dc.subject.other	CDU::5 - Ciencias puras y naturales::57 - Biología::579 - Microbiología	es
dc.subject.other	CDU::5 - Ciencias puras y naturales::57 - Biología	es
dc.title	The differential vertical distribution of the airborne biological particles reveals an atmospheric reservoir of microbial pathogens and aeroallergens	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	es
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