An Interdisciplinary Perspective of the Built-Environment Microbiome
arxiv(2024)
Abstract
The built environment provides an excellent setting for interdisciplinary
research on the dynamics of microbial communities. The system is simplified
compared to many natural settings, and to some extent the entire environment
can be manipulated, from architectural design, to materials use, air flow,
human traffic, and capacity to disrupt microbial communities through cleaning.
Here we provide an overview of the ecology of the microbiome in the built
environment. We address niche space and refugia, population and community
(metagenomic) dynamics, spatial ecology within a building, including the major
microbial transmission mechanisms, as well as evolution. We also address the
landscape ecology connecting microbiomes between physically separated
buildings. At each stage we pay particular attention to the actual and
potential interface between disciplines, such as ecology, epidemiology,
materials science, and human social behavior. We end by identifying some
opportunities for future interdisciplinary research on the microbiome of the
built environment.
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