The Relationship Between Dust Sources and Airborne Bacteria in the Southwest of Iran.

ABSTRACT: The biological agents are carried from deserts and dried lands to long distances by high dust volumes. Their adverse effects can be reduced by specifying and controlling dust sources and their related biological agents. Thus, the current work examined the relationship between the bacteria in air and soil samples by taking samples from the soil surface of two dust sources, as well as from air samples during spring from Khorramshahr and Abadan cities. The dust event is the most influential factor on airborne bacteria. There is an insignificant negative (-0.06), insignificant positive (0.14), and weak positive (0.24) correlation between airborne bacteria and UV radiation, relative humidity, and temperature, respectively. After preparing a 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) clone library from the soil a

SUBMITTER: Sorkheh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9244375 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature