The Indoor-Air Microbiota of Pig Farms Drives the Composition of the Pig Farmers’ Nasal Microbiota in a Season-Dependent and Farm-Specific Manner-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The Indoor-Air Microbiota of Pig Farms Drives the Composition of the Pig Farmers’ Nasal Microbiota in a Season-Dependent and Farm-Specific Manner

Published:2019-05 Issue:9 Volume:85 Page:
ISSN:0099-2240
Container-title:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Appl Environ Microbiol

Author:

Kraemer Julia G.¹²,Aebi Susanne¹,Oppliger Anne²,Hilty Markus¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

2. Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Abstract

The airborne microbiota of pig farms poses a potential health hazard and impacts both livestock and humans working in this environment. Therefore, a more thorough understanding of the microbiota composition and dynamics in this setting is needed. This study was of a prospective design (12 months) and used samples from different sites. This means that the microbiota of air, animals (pigs), and humans was simultaneously investigated. Our findings highlight that the potential health hazard might be particularly high in winter compared to that in summer.

Funder

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.03038-18

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