Associations detected between measures of neighborhood environmental conditions and human microbiome diversity
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Pearson, Amber L., Pechal, Jennifer, Lin, Zihan, Benbow, M. Eric, Schmidt, Carl and Mavoa, Suzanne. (2020). Associations detected between measures of neighborhood environmental conditions and human microbiome diversity. Science of the Total Environment. 745, p. 141029. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141029
Authors | Pearson, Amber L., Pechal, Jennifer, Lin, Zihan, Benbow, M. Eric, Schmidt, Carl and Mavoa, Suzanne |
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Abstract | While emerging research suggests urban green space revegetation increases soil microbiota diversity and native plant species affect skin microbiome diversity, there is still a paucity of knowledge on relationships between neighborhood environmental conditions and the human microbiome. This study leveraged data on human microbiome samples (nose, mouth, rectum) taken at autopsy at the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office (2014–2015). We evaluated relationships between the microbiome and five measures of environmental conditions (NDVI standard deviation, NDVI mean, percent trees, percent grassland and soil type) near the home of 126 decedents. For the rectum microbiome, NDVI sd had negative, significant associations with diversity (ASVs β = −0.20, p = 0.045; Faith PD β = −0.22, p = 0.026). In contrast, while insignificant, there were consistent, positive associations between diversity and NDVI sd for the mouth microbiome (ASVs β = 0.09, p = 0.337, Faith PD β = 0.14, p = 0.149, Shannon diversity β = 0.14, p = 0.159, Heip's evenness β = 0.11, p = 0.259) and a significant association for the nose microbiome (eigenvalues 3 β = 0.18, p = 0.057). We found consistent, significant, negative associations between percent grassland and diversity of the nose microbiome (ASVs β = −0.25, p = 0.008, Faith PD β = −0.25, p = 0.009, Shannon diversity β = −0.17, p = 0.062). For the mouth microbiome, we found a small effect of percent trees on diversity (eigenvalues 1 β = −0.08, p = 0.053). Clay loam soil was negatively (eigenvalues 2 β = −0.47, p = 0.053) and positively associated (eigenvalues 3 β = 0.65, p = 0.008) with rectum microbiome diversity, compared to loam soil. There was no potential indicator taxon among NDVI quartiles. These findings may be relevant for urban planning and management of urban outdoor spaces in ways that may support healthy human microbiomes. Still, future research is needed to link variation in NDVI, vegetation, plant and/or soil microbe diversity and to confirm or negate our findings that environmental conditions may have contrasting influence on the microbiome of the rectum versus the nose and mouth and that grasslands affect the nose microbiome. |
Keywords | neighborhoods; detroit; NDVI; urban; microbial communities; green space |
Year | 2020 |
Journal | Science of the Total Environment |
Journal citation | 745, p. 141029 |
Publisher | Elsevier B.V. |
ISSN | 0048-9697 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141029 |
PubMed ID | 32721621 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85088451850 |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 1-10 |
Funder | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 20 Jul 2020 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 15 Jul 2020 |
Deposited | 12 Dec 2021 |
Grant ID | NHMRC/1121035 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8x300/associations-detected-between-measures-of-neighborhood-environmental-conditions-and-human-microbiome-diversity
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