Saharan dust storms affecting the center of the Iberian Peninsula: effect on the urban aerobiome

Núñez, Andrés; Moreno, Diego A.; García, Ana M.

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Saharan dust storms affecting the center of the Iberian Peninsula: effect on the urban aerobiome

dc.contributor.author	Núñez, Andrés
dc.contributor.author	Moreno, Diego A.
dc.contributor.author	García, Ana M.
dc.contributor.department	Genética y Microbiología
dc.date.accessioned	2024-07-23T07:36:59Z
dc.date.available	2024-07-23T07:36:59Z
dc.date.issued	2024-04-16
dc.description	© 2024 The Authors. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Atmospheric Environment. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120522
dc.description.abstract	Dust storms are known to be atmospheric phenomena that transport mineral dust but also airborne biological particles (bioaerosols) from desert areas to distant regions. These bioaerosols can influence atmospheric processes and they have the potential of changing the composition of the local aerobiome in urban areas, which, in recent years, have been associated with allergies and the exacerbation of respiratory syndromes. Here, we studied four dust events initiated in the Sahara Desert affecting the center of the Iberian Peninsula. The biological particles before and during the phenomena were analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing. The global composition of bioaerosols showed a marked seasonality. The relative abundances of the most predominant groups of bacteria and fungi were not significantly altered compared to the days prior the corresponding event. Nonetheless, we detected specific bacterial and fungal taxa associated with these events, whose composition and abundance were also related to the period of the year. Although a variety of plant and animal pathogens were identified both before and throughout the days influenced by dust storms, some were only detected during the latter, suggesting a long-range transport for these species. This work highlights the importance of analyzing the storm dust events separately, especially when they occur at different seasons, and the particular effect on an urban environment in the Iberian Peninsula as a model case, providing some recommendations for future studies.	es
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dc.identifier.citation	Atmospheric Environment 328 (2024) 120522
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120522
dc.identifier.issn	Print: 1352-2310
dc.identifier.issn	Electronic: 1878-2442
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/143292
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	Elsevier	es
dc.relation	Agencia financiadora: Comunidad de Madrid .Convocatoria: Convocatoria de Tecnologías 2018. Ámbito del proyecto: Regional. Nombre del proyecto: AIRTEC-CM: Evaluación integral de la calidad del aire urbano y cambio climático. Código o número del acuerdo de subvención: (S2018/EMT-4329) and AIRBIOTA-CM (grant number S2013/MAE-2874).	es
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231024001973	es
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	es
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Bioaerosol	es
dc.subject	Bacteria	es
dc.subject	Fungi	es
dc.subject	Microbiology	es
dc.subject	Urban atmosphere	es
dc.subject	Dust storm
dc.subject	Sahara intrusion
dc.subject.other	CDU::5 - Ciencias puras y naturales::57 - Biología::579 - Microbiología	es
dc.subject.other	CDU::5 - Ciencias puras y naturales::57 - Biología	es
dc.title	Saharan dust storms affecting the center of the Iberian Peninsula: effect on the urban aerobiome	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	es
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