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Seasonal Variability of the Airborne Eukaryotic Community Structure at a Coastal Site of the Central Mediterranean.
Fragola, Mattia; Perrone, Maria Rita; Alifano, Pietro; Talà, Adelfia; Romano, Salvatore.
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  • Fragola M; Department of Mathematics and Physics, University of Salento, Via per Arnesano, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
  • Perrone MR; Department of Mathematics and Physics, University of Salento, Via per Arnesano, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
  • Alifano P; Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
  • Talà A; Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
  • Romano S; Department of Mathematics and Physics, University of Salento, Via per Arnesano, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
Toxins (Basel) ; 13(8)2021 07 24.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34437389
The atmosphere represents an underexplored temporary habitat for airborne microbial communities such as eukaryotes, whose taxonomic structure changes across different locations and/or regions as a function of both survival conditions and sources. A preliminary dataset on the seasonal dependence of the airborne eukaryotic community biodiversity, detected in PM10 samples collected from July 2018 to June 2019 at a coastal site representative of the Central Mediterranean, is provided in this study. Viridiplantae and Fungi were the most abundant eukaryotic kingdoms. Streptophyta was the prevailing Viridiplantae phylum, whilst Ascomycota and Basidiomycota were the prevailing Fungi phyla. Brassica and Panicum were the most abundant Streptophyta genera in winter and summer, respectively, whereas Olea was the most abundant genus in spring and autumn. With regards to Fungi, Botrytis and Colletotrichum were the most abundant Ascomycota genera, reaching the highest abundance in spring and summer, respectively, while Cryptococcus and Ustilago were the most abundant Basidiomycota genera, and reached the highest abundance in winter and spring, respectively. The genus community structure in the PM10 samples varied day-by-day, and mainly along with the seasons. The impact of long-range transported air masses on the same structure was also proven. Nevertheless, rather few genera were significantly correlated with meteorological parameters and PM10 mass concentrations. The PCoA plots and non-parametric Spearman's rank-order correlation coefficients showed that the strongest correlations generally occurred between parameters reaching high abundances/values in the same season or PM10 sample. Moreover, the screening of potential pathogenic fungi allowed us to detect seven potential pathogenic genera in our PM10 samples. We also found that, with the exception of Panicum and Physcomitrella, all of the most abundant and pervasive identified Streptophyta genera could serve as potential sources of aeroallergens in the studied area.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Microbiología del Aire / Material Particulado / Eucariontes País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Toxins (Basel) Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Italia Pais de publicación: Suiza

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Microbiología del Aire / Material Particulado / Eucariontes País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Toxins (Basel) Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Italia Pais de publicación: Suiza