Exploring the disparity of inhalable bacterial communities and antibiotic resistance genes between hazy days and non-hazy days in a cold megacity in Northeast China

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The physicochemical properties of inhalable particles during hazy days have been extensively studied, but their biological health threats have not been well-explored. This study aimed to explore the impacts of haze pollution on airborne bacteria and antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs) by conducting a comparative study of the bacterial community structure and functions, pathogenic compositions, and ARGs between hazy days and non-hazy days in a cold megacity in Northeast China. The results suggested that bacterial communities were shaped by local weather and customs. In this study, cold-resistant and Chinese sauerkraut-related bacterial compositions were identified as predominant genera. In the comparative analysis, higher proportions of gram-negative bacteria and pathogens were detected on hazy days than on non-hazy days. Pollutants on hazy days provided more nutrients (sulfate, nitrate and ammonium) for bacterial metabolism but also caused more bacterial cell damage and death than on non-hazy days. This study also detected increases in the sub-types and average absolute abundance of airborne resistance genes on hazy days compared to non-hazy days. The results of this study revealed that particle pollution promotes the dissemination and exchange of pathogenic bacteria and ARGs among large urban populations, which leads to a higher potential for human inhalation exposure.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:398

Enthalten in:

Journal of hazardous materials - 398(2020) vom: 05. Nov., Seite 122984

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sun, Xiazhong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Dongmei [VerfasserIn]
Li, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Shaojing [VerfasserIn]
Yabo, Stephen Dauda [VerfasserIn]
Geng, Jialu [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Lixin [VerfasserIn]
Qi, Hong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

16S rRNA amplicon sequencing
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bioaerosols
Journal Article
Pathogenic bacterial
QPCR
Redundancy analysis
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 14.05.2021

Date Revised 14.05.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122984

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31091924X