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. 2016 Jun 27;7:252. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00252

Table 2.

The diversity and relative abundance of fungi in air particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10).

PM2.5
PM10
No. Name of fungi Relative abundance (%) No. Name of fungi Relative abundance (%)
1 s-Ascomycota sp. 29.27 1 s-Ascomycota sp. 23.57
2 Davidiella 18.34 2 Davidiella 16.42
3 Schizophyllum 13.41 3 Schizophyllum 11.84
4 Penicillium 10.58 4 Alternaria 9.76
5 Cladosporium 8.37 5 Aspergillus 6.41
6 Aspergillus 7.18 6 Rhodotorula 6.37
7 Trichosporon 4.94 7 Tomentella 4.28
8 Fusarium 3.84 8 Septoria 2.87
9 Cladosporium 1.05 9 Mortierella 2.10
10 s-Trichocomaceae sp. 0.83 10 Candida 1.05
11 Rhodotorula 0.74 11 s-Pleosporaceae sp. 1.01
12 s-Agaricomycetes sp. 0.28 12 Penicillium 0.59
13 s-Sordariomycetes sp. 0.26 13 s-Hymenochaetales sp. 0.31
14 Tomentella 0.17 14 Bjerkandera 0.14
15 Suillus 0.13 15 Fusarium 0.08
16 Candida 0.06 16 Cladosporium 0.06
17 Hypocrea 0.06 17 Peyronellaea 0.06
18 Trametes 0.03 18 Trichosporon 0.03
19 Cryptococcus 0.01 19 Trichothecium 0.01
20 Guehomyces 0.01 20 Selenophoma 0.01

The top 20 fungi species in the level of genus and relative abundance were detected in the air particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) using the method of high-throughput sequencing. Based on the technical limitations of high-throughput sequencing method, there are some fungi without identification to the genus level. These fungi marked in red are known potential pathogenic fungi to humans.