Kauserud Håvard, Martin-Sanchez Pedro M, Estensmo Eva Lena, Botnen Synnøve, Morgado Luis, Maurice Sundy, Høiland Klaus, Skrede Inger
Section for Genetics and Evolutionary Biology (Evogene), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Environmental Microbiology and Cultural Heritage group, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS-CSIC), Seville, Spain.
Microb Ecol. 2025 Feb 20;88(1):7. doi: 10.1007/s00248-025-02505-4.
Worldwide, people spend most of their time indoors; in their homes, workplaces, schools, and daycares. Indoor fungi can cause negative health effects due to the production of toxins or volatiles that trigger the immune system of the occupants. To what degree indoor fungi (mycobiomes) differ between buildings with different usage is poorly known. Here, we compare the indoor mycobiomes in 123 children's daycare centers and 214 private homes throughout Norway, as revealed by metabarcoding of DNA extracted from dust samples collected by community scientists. Although the fungal richness per se was similar in dust samples from daycares and homes, the fungal community composition differed. Yeast fungi, distributed mainly across the orders Saccharomycetales, Filobasidiales, and Tremellales, were proportionally more abundant in the daycares, while filamentous fungi, including spore-producing molds such as Aspergillus, Penicillum, and Cladosporium, were relatively more abundant in homes. Number of occupants, which is considerably higher in daycares, correlated significantly with the fungal community shift. We hypothesize that the density of occupants and their age distribution drive the systematic difference of yeasts and filamentous fungi in the two building types.
在全球范围内,人们大部分时间都待在室内,如家中、工作场所、学校和日托中心。室内真菌会产生毒素或挥发性物质,触发居住者的免疫系统,从而对健康产生负面影响。不同用途建筑中的室内真菌(真菌群落)差异程度尚不清楚。在这里,我们通过对社区科学家收集的灰尘样本中提取的DNA进行宏条形码分析,比较了挪威123个儿童日托中心和214个私人住宅中的室内真菌群落。尽管日托中心和家庭灰尘样本中的真菌丰富度本身相似,但真菌群落组成却有所不同。酵母真菌主要分布在酵母目、丝孢酵母目和银耳目中,在日托中心中的比例相对较高,而丝状真菌,包括产孢霉菌如曲霉、青霉和枝孢菌,在家庭中相对更为丰富。居住人数在日托中心中要高得多,它与真菌群落的变化显著相关。我们推测,居住者的密度及其年龄分布导致了这两种建筑类型中酵母和丝状真菌的系统性差异。