Journal
INDOOR AIR
Volume 32, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ina.13107
Keywords
bioaerosol; disinfection; microbiome; NGS; PM; qPCR
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- Korea Environment Industry & Technology Institute
- Korea Ministry of Environment
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Ministry of Environment
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of environmental factors, including disinfection, on the airborne microbiome during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results showed that the time of disinfection and geographic location had significant effects on the diversity and composition of the microbial community in classrooms.
The aim of the study was to examine the effects of environmental factors including disinfection on airborne microbiome during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, we evaluated indoor and outdoor air collected from 19 classrooms regularly disinfected. Extracted bacterial and fungal DNA samples were sequenced using the Illumina MiSeq (TM) platform. Using bacterial DNA copy number concentrations from qPCR analysis, multiple linear regressions including environmental factors as predictors were performed. Microbial diversity and community composition were evaluated. Classrooms disinfected with spray <= 1 week before sampling had lower bacterial DNA concentration (3116 DNA copies/m(3)) than those >1 week (5003 copies/m(3)) (p-values = 0.06). The bacterial DNA copy number concentration increased with temperature and was higher in classrooms in coastal than inland cities (p-values <0.01). Bacterial diversity in outdoor air was higher in coastal than inland cities while outdoor fungal diversity was higher in inland than coastal cities. These outdoor microbiomes affected classroom microbial diversity but bacterial community composition at the genus level in occupied classrooms were similar between coastal and inland cities. Our findings emphasize that environmental conditions including disinfection, climate, and school location are important factors in shaping classroom microbiota. Yet, further research is needed to understand the effects of modified microbiome by disinfection on occupants' health.
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