Journal
FRONTIERS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Volume 15, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
HIGHER EDUCATION PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-020-1334-x
Keywords
Bacterial community; Persistent fog and haze; Particle size
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41775148]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China [201762006]
- Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation, China [ZR2016CB47]
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This study reported the characteristics of bacterial communities in aerosols with different particle sizes during two persistent fog and haze events in Qingdao, China in 2015 and 2016. As pollution worsened, bacterial richness and diversity decreased, while light haze had little influence on bacterial communities.
Here, we report the characteristics of bacterial communities in aerosols with different particle sizes during two persistent fog and haze events in December of 2015 and 2016 in Qingdao, China. In the early stage of pollution, the accumulation of PM2.5 led to the accumulation of microorganisms, thus increasing the bacterial richness and diversity of fine particle sizes. With the persistence and aggravation of pollution, the toxic effect was strengthened, and the bacterial richness and diversity of each particle size decreased. When the particle concentration was highest, the richness and diversity were low for each particle size. Light haze had little influence on bacterial communities. The occurrence of highly polluted humid weather and heavy haze resulted in significant changes in bacterial community diversity, composition and structure, and air pollution exerted a greater influence than particle size on bacterial community structure. During persistent fog and haze events, with the increase of pollutants, bacteria associated with each particle size may be extensively involved in aerosol chemistry, but the degree of participation varies, which requires further study. (c) Higher Education Press 2020
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