Insight Into Microbial Community Aerosols Associated With Electronic Waste Handling Facilities by Culture-Dependent and Culture-Independent Methods

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Title: Insight Into Microbial Community Aerosols Associated With Electronic Waste Handling Facilities by Culture-Dependent and Culture-Independent Methods
Authors: Yimin Pan, Qiaoqiao Ren, Pei Chen, Jiguo Wu, Zhendong Wu, Guoxia Zhang
Source: Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 9 (2021)
Publisher Information: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021.
Publication Year: 2021
Collection: LCC:Public aspects of medicine
Subject Terms: e-waste dismantling site, waste transfer station, bioaerosol, bacterial diversity, culture, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
More Details: Airborne microorganisms in the waste associated environments are more active and complex compared to other places. However, the diversity and structure of airborne bacteria in waste-associated environments are still not clearly understood. The purpose of this study was to assess airborne bacterial community in electronic waste dismantling site and a waste transfer station based on culture-dependent and culture-independent methods. A total of 229 isolates were obtained from four airborne sites collected from residential area, electronic industrial park, and office area in or near an electronic waste dismantling site and a waste transfer station in Southern China in the morning, afternoon, and evening. Most of the isolates were isolated from air for the first time and 14 potentially novel species were identified by Sanger sequencing. Bacterial communities in waste-associated bioaerosols were predominated by Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes. Abundant genera (>1%) included Paracaedibacteraceae (uncultured EF667926), Ralstonia, Chroococcidiopsis, Chitinophagaceae (uncultured FN428761), Sphingobium, and Heliimonas. One-third of the species in these genera were uncultured approximately. Differences community structure existed in airborne bacterial diversity among different sampling sites. These results showed that waste-associated environments have unique bacterial diversity. Further studies on such environments could provide new insights into bacterial community.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2296-2565
Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.657784/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2296-2565
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.657784
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/5d08650d04e644a8a457b33071a0c516
Accession Number: edsdoj.5d08650d04e644a8a457b33071a0c516
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:22962565
DOI:10.3389/fpubh.2021.657784
Published in:Frontiers in Public Health
Language:English