Characterization of bioaerosols associated with commuter transport micro-environments using high throughput sequencing.

Air quality inside commuter transport is an important public health issue. However, there is currently limited information on commuter exposure to the microbial fraction of airborne particles (i.e.

Temporal changes in the size resolved fractions of bacterial aerosols in urban and semi-urban residences.

Despite the significant amount of time spent in the domestic environment, culture-independent size distribution data of bioaerosols are largely missing. This study investigated the temporal changes in size-resolved bacterial aerosols in urban and semi-urban residential settings. Overall, airborne bacterial taxa identified in both sites were dispersed across particles of various sizes.

Bioaerosols in the Athens Metro: Metagenetic insights into the PM microbiome in a naturally ventilated subway station.

To date, few studies have examined the aerosol microbial content in Metro transportation systems. Here we characterised the aerosol microbial abundance, diversity and composition in the Athens underground railway system. PM filter samples were collected from the naturally ventilated Athens Metro Line 3 station "Nomismatokopio".