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Artificial-turf surfaces for sport and recreational activities: microbiota analysis and 16S sequencing signature of synthetic vs natural soccer fields.
Valeriani, Federica; Margarucci, Lory Marika; Gianfranceschi, Gianluca; Ciccarelli, Antonello; Tajani, Filippo; Mucci, Nicolina; Ripani, Maurizio; Romano Spica, Vincenzo.
Afiliação
  • Valeriani F; University of Rome "Foro Italico", Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Public Health Unit, Rome, Italy.
  • Margarucci LM; University of Rome "Foro Italico", Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Public Health Unit, Rome, Italy.
  • Gianfranceschi G; University of Rome "Foro Italico", Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Public Health Unit, Rome, Italy.
  • Ciccarelli A; University of Rome "Foro Italico", Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Public Health Unit, Rome, Italy.
  • Tajani F; University of Rome "Foro Italico", Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Public Health Unit, Rome, Italy.
  • Mucci N; INAIL, Department of Technological Innovations and Safety of Plants, Products and Anthropic Settlements, Rome, Italy.
  • Ripani M; University of Rome "Foro Italico", Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Public Health Unit, Rome, Italy.
  • Romano Spica V; University of Rome "Foro Italico", Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Public Health Unit, Rome, Italy.
Heliyon ; 5(8): e02334, 2019 Aug.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31517095
ABSTRACT
Synthetic fibres are used in place of the natural grass worldwide, for realizing playgrounds, soccer fields and even domestic gardens or recreational structures. An intensive use of artificial turf is currently observed in sports facilities, due to lower costs, higher sustainability in recycling of materials, and advantages related to athletic practice and performance. However, even if chemical and physical risks were studied, the microbiological component was not fully addressed, especially considering a comprehensive evaluation of the microbiota in synthetic vs natural playground surfaces. Here, we investigated the microbial community present on soccer fields, using Next Generation Sequencing and a 16S amplicon sequencing approach. Artificial and natural turfs show own ecosystems with different microbial profiles and a mean Shannon's diversity value of 2.176 and 2.475, respectively. The bacterial community is significantly different between facilities (ANOSIM R = 0.179; p < 0.001) and surface materials (ANOSIM R = 0.172; p < 0.005). The relative abundance of potentially pathogenic bacterial OTUs was higher in synthetic than in natural samples (ANOVA, F = 2.2). Soccer fields are characterized by their own microbiota, showing a different 16S amplicon sequencing signature between natural and artificial turfs.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Heliyon Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Itália

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Heliyon Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Itália