Where environmental microbiome meets its host: Subway and passenger microbiome relationships

M Peimbert, LD Alcaraz - Molecular Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Subways are urban transport systems with high capacity. Every day around the world, there
are more than 150 million subway passengers. Since 2013, thousands of microbiome …

Emerging use of air eDNA and its application to forensic investigations–A review

M Goray, D Taylor, E Bibbo, C Fantinato… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Biological material is routinely collected at crime scenes and from exhibits and is a key type
of evidence during criminal investigations. Improvements in DNA technologies allow …

Detection and quantification of enteric pathogens in aerosols near open wastewater canals in cities with poor sanitation

O Ginn, L Rocha-Melogno, A Bivins… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Urban sanitation infrastructure is inadequate in many low-income countries, leading to the
presence of highly concentrated, uncontained fecal waste streams in densely populated …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive performance evaluation of six bioaerosol samplers based on an aerosol wind tunnel

J Guo, M Lv, Z Liu, T Qin, H Qiu, J Lu, L Hu… - Environment …, 2024 - Elsevier
Choosing a suitable bioaerosol sampler for atmospheric microbial monitoring has been a
challenge to researchers interested in environmental microbiology, especially during a …

AirDNA sampler: An efficient and simple device enabling high-yield, high-quality airborne environment DNA for metagenomic applications

P Harnpicharnchai, P Pumkaeo, P Siriarchawatana… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Analyzing temporal and spatial distributions of airborne particles of biological origins is vital
for the assessment and monitoring of air quality, especially with regard to public health …

Perspectives on sampling and new generation sequencing methods for low-biomass bioaerosols in atmospheric environments

J Hou, S Fujiyoshi, IU Perera, Y Nishiuchi… - Journal of the Indian …, 2023 - Springer
Bioaerosols play essential roles in the atmospheric environment and can affect human
health. With a few exceptions (eg, farm or rainforest environments), bioaerosol samples from …

Capturing the Aerobiome: Application of Polyurethane Foam Disk Passive Samplers for Bioaerosol Monitoring

E Kalisa, A Saini, K Lee, J Mastin, JK Schuster… - ACS ES&T …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Bioaerosols are ubiquitous and play a significant role in global climate and human health
due to inhalation exposure. Passive air sampling of bioaerosols, as a complementary …

A preliminary investigation comparing high-volume and low-volume air samplers for measurement of PAHs, NPAHs and airborne bacterial communities in …

E Kalisa, V Kuuire, M Adams - Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Exposure to atmospheric particulate matter (PM) constitutes a severe public health threat in
African countries' urban areas. However, monitoring is scarce to non-existent in large parts …

Compositional Data Analysis of 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing Results from Hospital Airborne Microbiome Samples

MR Perrone, S Romano, G De Maria, P Tundo… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The compositional analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequencing datasets is applied to
characterize the bacterial structure of airborne samples collected in different locations of a …

Comparison of Airborne Bacterial Populations Determined by Passive and Active Air Sampling at puy de Dôme, France

KP Dillon, R Tignat-Perrier, M Joly… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2023 - Springer
Bioaerosols have impacts on atmospheric processes, as well as ecosystem and human
health. Common bioaerosol collection methods include impaction, liquid im**ement …