The Indoor Mycobiomes of Daycare Centers Are Affected by Occupancy and Climate.

ABSTRACT: Many children spend considerable time in daycare centers and may be influenced by the indoor microorganisms there, including fungi. In this study, we investigate the indoor mycobiomes of 125 daycare centers distributed along strong environmental gradients throughout Norway. Dust samples were collected from doorframes outside and inside buildings using a community science sampling approach. Fungal communities in the dust samples were analyzed using DNA metabarcoding of the internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) region. We observed a marked difference between the outdoor and indoor mycobiomes. The indoor mycobiomes included considerably more yeasts and molds than the outdoor samples, with Saccharomyces, Mucor, Malassezia, and Penicillium being among the most dominan

SUBMITTER: Estensmo ELF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8939353 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature