The airborne mycobiome and associations with mycotoxins and inflammatory markers in the Norwegian grain industry.

ABSTRACT: Grain dust exposure is associated with respiratory symptoms among grain industry workers. However, the fungal assemblage that contribute to airborne grain dust has been poorly studied. We characterized the airborne fungal diversity at industrial grain- and animal feed mills, and identified differences in diversity, taxonomic compositions and community structural patterns between seasons and climatic zones. The fungal communities displayed strong variation between seasons and climatic zones, with 46% and 21% of OTUs shared between different seasons and climatic zones, respectively. The highest species richness was observed in the humid continental climate of the southeastern Norway, followed by the continental subarctic climate of the eastern inland with dryer, short summers and snowy winte

SUBMITTER: Straumfors A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8087811 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature