Microbial and size characterization of airborne particulate matter collected on sticky tapes along US–Mexico border

Autor: Evangelina Olivas, Manoj K. Shukla, Joel Adrián Hernández Escamilla, Amir M. González-Delgado, Juan Pedro Flores-Margez, David Dubois
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of Environmental Sciences. 53:207-216
ISSN: 1001-0742
DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2015.10.037
Popis: Particulate matter (PM) emissions from various sources can affect significantly human health and environmental quality especially in the Chihuahuan Desert region along US-Mexico border. The objective of this study was to use the low-cost sticky tape method to collect airborne PM for size characterization and identification of fungal spores. Sticky tape samplers were placed at 1.0 and 2.0m above the ground surface at experimental sites in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and at 0.6, 1.2 and 1.8m at New Mexico sites, USA. Soil samples were collected in both countries to determine fungal diversity, texture and moisture content. Dust particles collected from all of the experimental sites had a dominant texture of clay (
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