Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure

A Direct DNA Extraction Workflow for Metabarcoding Fungal Bioaerosols from Adhesive Samplers

This paper presents an optimized DNA extraction protocol for adhesive samplers to enable culture-independent ITS2-based metabarcoding of fungal bioaerosols, revealing site-specific and seasonal fungal community dynamics.

Validation of shoe sole dust as a microbial sampler reveals distinct fungal and bacterial responses to nearby vegetation

This study validates shoe sole dust as a microbial sampler, showing bacterial and fungal communities respond differently to vegetation proximity and greenness metrics.

Season and city shape urban bioaerosol composition beyond vegetation and socioeconomic gradients

The paper examines how season and city characteristics influence urban bioaerosol composition, finding that sampling period explains more variation than vegetation cover or socioeconomic factors.

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Public Transit Aerobiomes

This study examines spatial and temporal patterns in public transit aerobiomes across six global cities using shotgun metagenomics, revealing city-specific microbial signatures and the importance of bioinformatics pipelines for contaminant removal.

Yeasts prefer daycares and molds prefer private homes

The paper compares indoor fungal communities in daycares and private homes, finding higher yeast abundance in daycares and filamentous fungi in homes, linked to occupancy numbers.

The microbiome of Total Suspended Particles (TSP) and its influence on the respiratory microbiome of healthy office workers

This study characterizes the microbiome of Total Suspended Particles (TSP) and finds correlations between indoor TSP and the upper respiratory microbiome of office workers.

Dust storm-driven dispersal of potential pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes in the Eastern Mediterranean

The study investigates how dust storms in the Eastern Mediterranean spread pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes, finding higher levels of resistance genes during storms.

Air monitoring by nanopore sequencing

This paper demonstrates that nanopore sequencing can effectively monitor air microbiomes by analyzing microbial diversity in controlled and natural environments.

Performance evaluation of a new custom, multi-component DNA isolation method optimized for use in shotgun metagenomic sequencing-based aerosol microbiome research

This paper evaluates a new DNA isolation method for aerosol microbiome research using shotgun metagenomic sequencing, showing improved DNA yields and taxonomic coverage in real-world samples.