在中国对电动汽车充电站进行的全国范围的调查揭示了新兴的微生物污染源
Yifang Zhang1, Changyi Lu2, Anqi Sun2
1State Key Laboratory of Regional and Urban Ecology, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Pollution Control for Port-Petrochemical Industry, CAS Haixi Industrial Technology Innovation Center in Beilun, Ningbo 315830, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Environment international
|October 15, 2025
概括
电动汽车 (EV) 充电站被人类致病细菌,真菌和抗生素耐药基因广泛污染. 道路网络密度和气候显著影响微生物分布,造成潜在的公共卫生风险.
科学领域:
- 环境微生物学环境微生物学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 运输基础设施 运输基础设施
背景情况:
- 电动汽车 (EV) 的采用正在增加,使充电站成为关键的基础设施.
- 这些站可能含有微生物污染物,可能引起公众健康问题.
研究的目的:
- 在中国各地的电动汽车充电站表面调查微生物污染物的分布.
- 确定影响人类病原细菌 (HPB),人类病原真菌 (HPF),抗生素耐药性基因 (ARG) 和毒性因子基因 (VFG) 存在的关键驱动因素.
主要方法:
- 在中国高速公路网络内的63个服务区进行了地表采样.
- 对HPB,HPF,ARG和VFG进行分析.
- 层次分区分析以确定分销驱动因素 (道路网络密度,服务区域大小,生物,气候因素).
主要成果:
- 广泛检测HPBs (100%),ARGs (100%) 和VFGs (100%);HPFs在49.21%的样本中检测到.
- 道路网络密度和服务区规模是ARG和VFG的主要驱动因素.
- 生物因素影响了HPB的分布,而气候推动了HPF社区的转变.
- 45个高风险ARG (Q1/Q2) 是普遍存在的 (93.33%),特别是在南部沿海地区.
结论:
- 电动汽车充电站是各种微生物污染物的储,包括病原体和ARG.
- 环境和生物因素在这些地点显著塑造了微生物群落.
- 调查结果为评估与电动汽车充电基础设施相关的公共卫生风险提供了基础.
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