Enrichment of human nasopharyngeal bacteriome with bacteria from dust after short-term exposure to indoor environment: a pilot study.
Eva KonecnaPetra VidenskaLucie BuresovaMilan UríkSona SmetanovaStanislav SmatanaRoman ProkesBarbara LanickovaEva BudinskaJana KlánováPetra Borilova LinhartovaPublished in: BMC microbiology (2023)
The results suggest that although the composition of nasopharyngeal bacteriome is relatively stable during the day. Short-term exposure to the indoor environment can result in the enrichment of the nasopharynx with bacterial DNA from indoor dust; the bacterial composition, however, varies by the indoor workplace environment.