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SOLARIS project: a portable 3D-printed bioaerosol sampler for environmental bacterial collection
| dc.contributor.author | Dobroes Fonseca, Pedro Henrique | |
| dc.contributor.author | Duarte, Filipe Miguel Borgas Henriques | |
| dc.contributor.author | Alves, Frederico Silva de Sousa | |
| dc.contributor.author | Borges, Jose Alberto de Jesus | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cardoso, Susana Isabel Pinheiro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Silverio, Vania Cristina Henriques | |
| dc.contributor.author | Antunes, Wilson David Talhao | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-02-19T15:26:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-02-19T15:26:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-02-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Bioaerosols, a subset of aerosols released from the biosphere, can carry pathogens, and include particles with diameters from nanometres to a few micrometres. They can remain suspended indoors and travel significant distances. Bioaerosol studies play a vital role in public health, as bioaerosols are an effective route for human and animal pathogen transmission, especially in animal production and handling facilities, which are considered hotspots for the emergence of zoonotic pathogens. The 'One Health' approach, which interconnects human, animal and environmental health, underscores the need for robust biomonitoring and biosurveillance systems. We introduce the SOLARIS project, a novel bioaerosol sampler manufactured through three-dimensional printing with a biocompatible material. Our sampler is compact, portable and uses a liquid collection medium, increasing bioefficiency. Our sampler's laboratory testing demonstrated the successful separation of viable bacteria from artificially generated bioaerosols. Collected samples were found suitable for downstream analysis methods such as culturing, mass spectrometry, molecular detection and electron microscopy. A field trial at a swine facility was performed, in which spores were successfully collected from bioaerosols and identified using microbiological and molecular methods, reinforcing our sampler's utility and emphasizing the significance of incorporating aerosol samples in research studies within the One Health approach. | eng |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This work was funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Lisboa and Alentejo Regional Operational Program of the Portugal 2020 initiative (grant number LISBOA-01-02B7-FEDER-068746); the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (grant number FCT UID/05367/2020); the Advanced Integrated Microsystems (AIM) doctoral programme (PhD grant number PD/BD/135272/2017); and the project 20NRM02 MFMET has received funding from the EMPIR programme co-financed by the Participating States and from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. This work was funded by the HORIZON-KDT-JU-UNLOOC project. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | R Soc Open Sci . 2025 Feb 5;12(2):240364. doi: 10.1098/rsos.240364. eCollection 2025 Feb | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1098/rsos.240364 | |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 2054-5703 | |
| dc.identifier.pmid | 39911890 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/10951 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.publisher | The Royal Society | |
| dc.relation | UID/05367/2020 | |
| dc.relation | PD/BD/135272/2017 | |
| dc.relation.hasversion | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article/12/2/240364/92734/SOLARIS-project-a-portable-3D-printed-bioaerosol | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | One Health | |
| dc.subject | Aerosols | |
| dc.subject | Bioaerosol Sampler | |
| dc.subject | Bioaerosols | |
| dc.subject | Biomonitoring | |
| dc.subject | Biosurveillance | |
| dc.subject | Infecções Sistémicas e Zoonoses | |
| dc.title | SOLARIS project: a portable 3D-printed bioaerosol sampler for environmental bacterial collection | eng |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dcterms.references | https://rs.figshare.com/collections/Supplementary_material_from_SOLARIS_project_A_portable_3D-printed_bioaerosol_sampler_for_environmental_bacterial_collection_/7650162 | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.issue | 2 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 240364 | |
| oaire.citation.title | Royal Society Open Science | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 12 | |
| oaire.version | http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 |