Investigation of Bacterial and Fungal Communities in Indoor and Outdoor Air of Elementary School Classrooms by 16S rRNA Gene and ITS Region Sequencing

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• Personal Author:
  Geum SW ; Kim E ; Lee BG ; Park, Ju-Hyeong ; Yang JIL ; Yeo M-K
• Description:
  The advent of high-throughput sequencing methods allowed researchers to fully characterize microbial community in environmental samples, which is crucial to better understand their health effects upon exposures. In our study, we investigated bacterial and fungal community in indoor and outdoor air of nine classrooms in three elementary schools in Seoul, Korea. The extracted bacterial 16S rRNA gene and fungal ITS regions were sequenced, and their taxa were identified. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction for total bacteria DNA was also performed. The bacterial community was richer in outdoor air than classroom air, whereas fungal diversity was similar indoors and outdoors. Bacteria such as Enhydrobacter, Micrococcus, and Staphylococcus that are generally found in human skin, mucous membrane, and intestine were found in great abundance. For fungi, Cladosporium, Clitocybe, and Daedaleopsis were the most abundant genera in classroom air and mostly related to outdoor plants. Bacterial community composition in classroom air was similar among all classrooms but differed from that in outdoor air. However, indoor and outdoor fungal community compositions were similar for the same school but different among schools. Our study indicated the main source of airborne bacteria in classrooms was likely human occupants; however, classroom airborne fungi most likely originated from outdoors. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Environmental Exposure Fungi Genetics Microbiology Occupational Health Particulate Matter Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Airborne Particulates Author Keywords: Classroom Air Bacteria Deoxyribonucleic Acids DNA Elementary School Classrooms Environmental Exposure Exposure Levels Genes Health Effects Indoor Environments Microbial Communities Microorganisms Next-generation Sequencing Outdoors Risk Factors

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• ISSN:
  0905-6947
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  RHD - Respiratory Health Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  31
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062337
• Citation:
  Indoor Air 2021 Sep; 31(5):1553-1562
• Contact Point Address:
  Min-Kyeong Yeo, Department of Applied Environmental Science, Graduate School Kyung Hee University, 1732 Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 17104, Korea
• Email:
  bioclass@khu.ac.kr
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Indoor Air
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d4beb5e34bbd8fe49dbd8ba55698473239cc6214ee35c0cdf178749087fb2406e2df93dfbaa61b23e6452febe5ce55d3e0a60e26d62d8510d83ccb231d2b0bc5
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225605/cdc_225605_DS1.pdf
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