Microbiological Characteristics of Some Stations of Moscow Subway

The subway is one of the most actively used means of transport in the traffic infrastructure of large metropolitan areas. More than seven million passengers use the Moscow subway every day, which promotes the exchange of microorganisms between people and the surrounding subway environment. In this research, a study of the bacterial communities of two Moscow subway stations was conducted and the common subway microbiome was determined. However, there were differences in microbiological and antibiotic-resistance profiles, depending on the station. The station's operational period since opening correlated with the taxonomic diversity and resistance of the identified bacteria. Moreover, differences between aerosol and surface bacterial communities were found at the two subway stations, indicating the importance of diversified sampling during the microbiome profiling of public areas. In this study, we also compared our data with previously published results obtained for the Moscow subway. Despite sample collection at different stations and seasons, we showed the presence of 15 common genera forming the core microbiome of the Moscow subway, which represents human commensal species, as well as widespread microorganisms from the surrounding environment.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Biology - 11(2022), 2 vom: 21. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pochtovyi, Andrei A [VerfasserIn]
Vasina, Daria V [VerfasserIn]
Verdiev, Bakhtiyar I [VerfasserIn]
Shchetinin, Alexey M [VerfasserIn]
Yuzhakov, Anton G [VerfasserIn]
Ovchinnikov, Roman S [VerfasserIn]
Tkachuk, Artem P [VerfasserIn]
Gushchin, Vladimir A [VerfasserIn]
Gintsburg, Alexander L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

16S rRNA gene
AMR
Aerosol
Journal Article
Microbiome
Public health
Subway
Surface

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Date Revised 28.02.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/biology11020170

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM337365881