Molecular methods have become integral to microbiological research for microbial
identification. This literature review focuses on the application of molecular methods in …

Bacteria and fungi are abundant and ubiquitous in bioaerosols in hospital environments.
Understanding the distribution and diversity of microbial communities within bioaerosols is …

The COVID-19 pandemic ignited massive research into the rapid detection of bioaerosols. In
particular, nanotechnology-based detection strategies are proposed as alternatives because …

Controlling the spread of respiratory infections in healthcare settings is important to prevent
nosocomial infections. To assess the effectiveness of commonly used techniques in the …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the biggest threats to human health worldwide. The
World Health Organization (WHO, Geneva, Switzerland) has launched the “One-Health” …

The Middle East is a hot spot of dust, and there are reports of as much as 1400 µg m− 3 of
dust in aerosols from Kuwait, which is among some of the highest dust loadings globally. A …

Kuwaiti territorial waters of the northwest Arabian Gulf represent a unique aquatic ecosystem
prone to various environmental and anthropogenic stressors that pose significant constraints …

Objective: Workers in the healthcare sector are exposed to a multitude of bacterial genera.
The location of their work contributes significantly to shaping personal microbiomes. In this …

Copepods are primary consumers, amounting to about 70% of the metazoans in the marine
environment, and are fundamental to marine food webs. Ocean acidification (OA) and ocean …

Fungi are an important part of the atmospheric ecosystem yet an underexplored group.
Airborne pathogenic fungi are the root cause of hypersensitive and allergenic states highly …