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Jiao G, Huang Y, Tang H, Chen Y, Zhou D, Yu D, Ma Z, Ni S. Unveiling the hidden impact: How human disturbances threaten aquatic microorganisms in cities. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 950:175305. [PMID: 39117200 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2024] [Revised: 07/23/2024] [Accepted: 08/03/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024]
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Urban activity emissions have important ecological significance to bacterial communities' spatial and temporal distribution and the mechanism of bacterial community construction. The mechanism of bacterial community construction is the key to community structure and lifestyle, and the influence of this aspect has not been thoroughly studied. This study analyzed the response of bacteria in water and sediment in different seasons to urban activities in Jinsha River. The results showed that the influence of urban activities on bacterial community structure in sediment was greater than that in water. The input of pollution in different regions changed the diversity and abundance of water and sediments bacteria and promoted bacterial community reconstruction to a certain extent. Co-network analysis found that many metal-mediated species are core species within the same module and can be used to mitigate pollution caused by metal or organic pollutants due to interspecific solid interactions. Different potential pollution sources around urban rivers affect the metabolic function of bacteria in aquatic ecosystems and promote the detoxification function of bacteria in different media. The results of this study supplement our understanding of the characteristics of microbial communities in urban river systems and provide clues for understanding the maintenance mechanism of microbial diversity in multi-pollution environments.
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- Ganghui Jiao
- College of Geosciences, Chengdu University of Technology, Sichuan 610059, China; Yunnan Earthquake Agency, Yunnan 650000, China; Observation Station for Field Scientific Research of Crustal Tectonic Activity in Northwest Yunnan, Dali 671000, China
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- College of Geosciences, Chengdu University of Technology, Sichuan 610059, China; State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, College of Ecology and Environment, Chengdu University of Technology, Sichuan 610059, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, College of Ecology and Environment, Chengdu University of Technology, Sichuan 610059, China
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- College of Geosciences, Chengdu University of Technology, Sichuan 610059, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, College of Ecology and Environment, Chengdu University of Technology, Sichuan 610059, China
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- Pangang Group Company Limited, Sichuan 617050, China
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- Pangang Group Company Limited, Sichuan 617050, China
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- College of Geosciences, Chengdu University of Technology, Sichuan 610059, China
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Read DS, Gweon HS, Bowes MJ, Anjum MF, Crook DW, Chau KK, Shaw LP, Hubbard A, AbuOun M, Tipper HJ, Hoosdally SJ, Bailey MJ, Walker AS, Stoesser N. Dissemination and persistence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) along the wastewater-river continuum. WATER RESEARCH 2024; 264:122204. [PMID: 39116608 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2024] [Revised: 07/15/2024] [Accepted: 08/01/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024]
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health hazard. Although clinical and agricultural environments are well-established contributors to the evolution and dissemination of AMR, research on wastewater treatment works (WwTWs) has highlighted their potential role as disseminators of AMR in freshwater environments. Using metagenomic sequencing and analysis, we investigated the changes in resistomes and associated mobile genetic elements within untreated wastewater influents and treated effluents of five WwTWs, and sediments collected from corresponding river environments in Oxfordshire, UK, across three seasonal periods within a year. Our analysis demonstrated a high diversity and abundance of antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) in untreated wastewater influents, reflecting the varied anthropogenic and environmental origins of wastewater. WwTWs effectively reduced AMR in the final effluent, with an average 87 % reduction in normalised ARG abundance and an average 63 % reduction in richness. However, wastewater effluents significantly impacted the antimicrobial resistome of the receiving rivers, with an average 543 % increase in ARG abundance and a 164 % increase in richness from upstream sediments to downstream sediments. The normalised abundance of the human gut-associated bacteriophage crAssphage was highly associated with both ARG abundance and richness. We observed seasonal variation in the resistome of raw influent which was not found in the effluent-receiving sediments. We illustrate the potential of WwTWs as focal points for disseminating ARGs and resistance-selecting chemicals, contributing to the elevation of environmental AMR. Our study emphasises the need for a comprehensive understanding of the anthropogenic impacts on AMR evolution and dissemination in wastewater and river environments, informing efforts to mitigate this growing public health crisis.
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- Daniel S Read
- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK.
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK; School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK
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- Department of Bacteriology, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Department of Biology, University of Oxford, 11a Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3SZ, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Department of Biosciences, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG11 8NS, UK
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- Department of Bacteriology, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB, UK
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Kalvaitienė G, Picazo Espinosa R, Vaičiūtė D, Kataržytė M. Diverse sources of fecal contamination in macroalgae wrack-affected environment adjacent to river outflow along the Baltic Sea coast. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2024; 357:124429. [PMID: 38925212 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2024] [Revised: 06/21/2024] [Accepted: 06/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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We investigated the dynamics of feces-associated microorganisms in areas with wrack accumulation in the southeastern part of the Baltic Sea. Our study covered single-day (2021 ) and multi-day (2022) observations during the recreational season. We collected water, sand, and wrack samples and assessed the abundance of fecal indicator bacteria (FIB), as well metagenomic analysis was conducted to monitor changes in microbial composition. Based on metagenomic data we identified taxa associated with feces, sewage, and ruminant sources. Human-related fecal pollution based on genetic markers correlated with the presence of Lachnospiraceae, Prevotellaceae and Rickenellacea abundance. Higher abundance and diversity of feces-associated and ruminant-associated taxa and the presence of enteric pathogens were observed when wrack accumulated near the river outflow in 2021, suggesting a potential link with fecal pollution from the river. As a preventive measure, it is recommended to remove the wrack to reduce the risk of exposure to potential enteric pathogens if it is accumulated next to the river outflow.
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- Greta Kalvaitienė
- Klaipėda University, Marine Research Institute, University Avenue 17, 92295 Klaipėda, Lithuania.
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- Klaipėda University, Marine Research Institute, University Avenue 17, 92295 Klaipėda, Lithuania.
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- Klaipėda University, Marine Research Institute, University Avenue 17, 92295 Klaipėda, Lithuania.
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- Klaipėda University, Marine Research Institute, University Avenue 17, 92295 Klaipėda, Lithuania.
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Singh PK, Kumar U, Kumar I, Dwivedi A, Singh P, Mishra S, Seth CS, Sharma RK. Critical review on toxic contaminants in surface water ecosystem: sources, monitoring, and its impact on human health. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:56428-56462. [PMID: 39269525 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-34932-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/03/2024] [Indexed: 09/15/2024]
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Surface water pollution is a critical and urgent global issue that demands immediate attention. Surface water plays a crucial role in supporting and sustaining life on the earth, but unfortunately, till now, we have less understanding of its spatial and temporal dynamics of discharge and storage variations at a global level. The contamination of surface water arises from various sources, classified into point and non-point sources. Point sources are specific, identifiable origins of pollution that release pollutants directly into water bodies through pipes or channels, allowing for easier identification and management, e.g., industrial discharges, sewage treatment plants, and landfills. However, non-point sources originate from widespread activities across expansive areas and present challenges due to its diffuse nature and multiple pathways of contamination, e.g., agricultural runoff, urban storm water runoff, and atmospheric deposition. Excessive accumulation of heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants, pesticides, chlorination by-products, pharmaceutical products in surface water through different pathways threatens food quality and safety. As a result, there is an urgent need for developing and designing new tools for identifying and quantifying various environmental contaminants. In this context, chemical and biological sensors emerge as fascinating devices well-suited for various environmental applications. Numerous chemical and biological sensors, encompassing electrochemical, magnetic, microfluidic, and biosensors, have recently been invented by hydrological scientists for the detection of water pollutants. Furthermore, surface water contaminants are monitored through different sensors, proving their harmful effects on human health.
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- Prince Kumar Singh
- Laboratory of Ecotoxicology, Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Laboratory of Ecotoxicology, Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Laboratory of Ecotoxicology, Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Laboratory of Ecotoxicology, Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Laboratory of Ecotoxicology, Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Laboratory of Ecotoxicology, Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Laboratory of Ecotoxicology, Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India.
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Jing Z, Tu S, Yuan P, Liu X, Wang S, Dong B, Li Q, Gao H. The ecological role of microbiome at community-, taxonomic - and genome-levels in black-odorous waters. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 467:133673. [PMID: 38340561 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Revised: 12/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Black-odorous waters (BOWs) are heavily polluted waters where microbial information remains elusive mechanistically. Based on gene amplicon and metagenomics sequencing, a comprehensive study was conducted to investigate the microbial communities in urban and rural BOWs. The results revealed that microbial communities' assembly in urban and rural BOWs was predominantly governed by stochastic factors at the community level. At the taxonomic level, there were 62 core species (58.48%) in water and 207 core species (44.56%) in sediment across urban and rural areas. Notably, significant differences were observed in the functional genetic composition of BOWs between urban and rural areas. Specifically, rural areas exhibited an enhanced abundance of genes involved in nitrogen fixation, Fe2+ transport, and sulfate reduction. Conversely, urban areas showed higher abundances of some genes associated with carbon fixation, nitrification and denitrification. A sulfur-centered ecological model of microbial communities was constructed by integrating data from the three levels of analysis, and 14 near-complete draft genomes were generated, representing a substantial portion of the microbial community (35.04% in rural BOWs and 29.97% in urban BOWs). This research provides significant insights into the sustainable management and preservation of aquatic ecosystems affected by BOWs.
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- Zhangmu Jing
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing 100012, PR China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing 100012, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing 100012, PR China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing 100012, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing 100012, PR China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing 100012, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing 100012, PR China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing 100012, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing 100012, PR China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing 100012, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing 100012, PR China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing 100012, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing 100012, PR China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing 100012, PR China.
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Zhang Y, Xu Z, Chu W, Zhang J, Jin W, Ye C. Tracking the source of antibiotic resistome in the stormwater network drainage in the presence of sewage illicit connections. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 912:168989. [PMID: 38036118 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2023] [Revised: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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Stormwater pipes are illicitly connected with sewage in many countries, which means that sewage enters stormwater pipes and the drainage is discharged to surface water without any treatment. Sewage contains more pathogens and highly risky antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) than surface runoff. Therefore, sewage may alter the microbial and ARG compositions in stormwater pipe drainage, which in turn leads to an increased risk of resistance in surface water. However, the effects of sewage on ARGs in the drainage of stormwater networks have not been systematically studied. This study characterized the microbial and ARG composition of several environmental compartments of a typical stormwater network and quantified their contributions to those in the drainage. This network transported ARGs and microorganisms from sewage, sediments in stormwater pipes, and surface runoff into the drainage and thus into the river. According to metagenomic analysis, multidrug resistance genes were most abundant in all samples and the numbers and relative abundance of ARGs in the drainage collected during wet weather were comparable to that of sewage. The results of SourceTracker showed that the relative contribution of sewage was double that of rainwater and surface runoff in the drainage during wet weather for both microorganisms and ARGs. Desulfovibrio, Azoarcus, and Sulfuritalea were connected with the greatest number of ARGs and were most abundant in the sediments of stormwater pipes. Furthermore, stochastic processes were found to dominate ARG and microbial assembly, as the effects of high hydrodynamic intensity outweighed the effects of environmental filtration and species interactions. The findings of this study can increase our understanding of ARGs in stormwater pipe drainage, a crucial medium linking ARGs in sewage to environmental ARGs.
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- Yu Zhang
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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Wang L, Chen M, Wu Y, Chen X, Jin H, Huang J. Spatial distribution and vertical characteristics of microplastics in the urban river: The case of Qinhuai River in Nanjing, China. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2024; 199:115973. [PMID: 38171161 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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Microplastics (MPs) are emerging as global environmental pollutants, significantly influencing the safety of city rivers. This study investigated six sampling sites in the Qinhuai River of Nanjing, which explored the distribution and characteristics of MPs and the microbial structure in 2023. The studied river contained various levels of MPs with average concentrations of 667.68 items/L, whose abundance firstly decreased midstream and then increased downstream. The MPs abundance upstream was higher in surface water column, microplastics midstream and downstream accumulated more in deep water column. Black and blue are prevalent in the color distribution, while the polymers of PC, PP and PS changed with increasing depth, with a proportion of 74 % ∼ 97 % in the dominant shapes of granules. Furthermore, the water with higher MPs may stimulate the growth of MPs-related bacteria in sediments, including the genus of Pseudoxanthomonas and Dechloromonas. Our research will provide constructive support for enhancing urban river management strategies.
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- Luming Wang
- Department of Municipal Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- Nanjing Research Institute of Environmental Protection, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Department of Municipal Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- Department of Municipal Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- Nanjing Research Institute of Environmental Protection, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Department of Municipal Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.
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Frank EM, Ahlinder J, Jephson T, Persson KM, Lindberg E, Paul CJ. Marine sediments are identified as an environmental reservoir for Escherichia coli: comparing signature-based and novel amplicon sequencing approaches for microbial source tracking. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 907:167865. [PMID: 37863217 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023]
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Viable Escherichia coli were detected in sediments near a point of wastewater discharge in a marine coastal environment in Sweden. Since high concentrations were found in the sediments nearest the pipe, this suggested that treated wastewater effluent was the source of the microbes. In order to examine this hypothesis, different bioinformatics approaches were applied using 16S rRNA gene V3-V4 amplicon sequences from the sediments. Both signature-based source tracking using sequence libraries describing known sources of fecal water pollution (SourceTracker); and, a curated source tracking method, indicated that sediments were contaminated with wastewater. The results from the curated approach were independently confirmed using differential abundance analysis (DESeq2). A number of taxa originating from wastewater were identified which can be used to describe contamination of the sediments, and examine the spread of these specific taxa, even at low relative abundance, along the urban coast. Sequences of phylum Bacteroidetes (such as Bacteroides and Prevotella) and Firmicutes (such as Romboutsia) increased in sediments with higher concentrations of E. coli. In addition, sequences from Trichococcus are proposed as an indicator for treated wastewater. All three source tracking approaches, and the detection of viable E. coli, suggest that urban sediments can be a reservoir for indicator bacteria.
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- Ellinor M Frank
- Water Resources Engineering, Department of Building and Environmental Technology, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden; Sweden Water Research, Ideon Science Park, Scheelevägen 15, SE-223 70 Lund, Sweden
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- FOI, Swedish Defense Research Agency, Cementvägen 20, SE-906 21 Umeå, Sweden
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- Sweden Water Research, Ideon Science Park, Scheelevägen 15, SE-223 70 Lund, Sweden
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- Water Resources Engineering, Department of Building and Environmental Technology, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden; Sweden Water Research, Ideon Science Park, Scheelevägen 15, SE-223 70 Lund, Sweden
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- City of Helsingborg, Department of City Planning, Järnvägsgatan 22, SE-252 25 Helsingborg, Sweden
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- Water Resources Engineering, Department of Building and Environmental Technology, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden; Applied Microbiology, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden.
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Zhang Y, Wang M, Cheng W, Huang C, Ren J, Zhai H, Niu L. Temporal and Spatial Variation Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Bacterial Community in Urban Landscape Lakes. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2023; 86:2424-2435. [PMID: 37272971 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-023-02249-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Urban landscape lakes are closely related to human activity, but there are limited studies on their bacterial community characteristics and risks to human health. In this study, four different types of urban landscape lakes in Xi'an were selected, and the bacterial community structures in different seasons were analyzed by Illumina Nova high-throughput sequencing technology. Seasonal variations in bacterial communities were analyzed by linear discriminant analysis, STAMP difference analysis, and nonmetric multidimensional scaling. Redundancy analysis was used to investigate the influencing factors. Furthermore, the metabolic functions of bacterial communities were predicted by Tax4Fun. There were clear seasonal differences in the α-diversity of bacteria, with bacterial diversity being higher in winter than in summer in the four urban landscape lakes, and the diversity of different water sources was different; the distributions of Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Chloroflexi, and Verrucomicrobia had significant seasonal differences; and the dominant bacteria at the genus level had obvious temporal and spatial differences. Furthermore, a variety of environmental factors had an impact on bacterial communities, and temperature, DO, and nitrogen were the primary factors affecting the seasonal variation in bacteria. There are also significant seasonal differences in the metabolic functions of bacterial communities. These results are helpful for understanding the current status of bacteria in the aquatic environments of such urban landscape lakes.
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- Yutong Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydraulics in Northwest Arid Region of China, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, China
- Institute of Water Resources and Hydro-Electric Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydraulics in Northwest Arid Region of China, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, China.
- Institute of Water Resources and Hydro-Electric Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydraulics in Northwest Arid Region of China, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, China.
- Institute of Water Resources and Hydro-Electric Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydraulics in Northwest Arid Region of China, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, China
- Institute of Water Resources and Hydro-Electric Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydraulics in Northwest Arid Region of China, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, China
- Institute of Water Resources and Hydro-Electric Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydraulics in Northwest Arid Region of China, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, China
- Institute of Water Resources and Hydro-Electric Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydraulics in Northwest Arid Region of China, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, China
- Institute of Water Resources and Hydro-Electric Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, China
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Basili M, Perini L, Zaggia L, Luna GM, Quero GM. Integrating culture-based and molecular methods provides an improved assessment of microbial quality in a coastal lagoon. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 334:122140. [PMID: 37414126 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Revised: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/02/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023]
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Faecal pollution in aquatic environments is a worldwide public health concern, yet the reliability and comprehensiveness of the methods used to assess faecal contamination are still debated. We compared three approaches, namely a culture-based method to enumerate Faecal Indicator Bacteria (FIB), a FIB-targeting qPCR assay, and High-Throughput Sequencing (HTS) to detect faeces- and sewage-associated taxa in water and sediment samples of an impacted model lagoon and its adjacent sea across one year. Despite at different levels, all approaches agreed in showing a higher contamination in the lagoon than in the sea, and higher in sediments than water. FIB significantly correlated when considering separately sediment and water, and when using both cultivation and qPCR. Similarly, FIB correlated between cultivation and qPCR, but qPCR provided consistently higher estimates of FIB. Faeces-associated bacteria positively correlated with cultivated FIB in both compartments, whereas sewage-associated bacteria did only in water. Considering their benefits and limitations, we conclude that, in our study site, improved quali-quantitative information on contamination is provided when at least two approaches are combined (e.g., cultivation and qPCR or HTS data). Our results provide insights to move beyond the use of FIB to improve faecal pollution management in aquatic environments and to incorporate HTS analysis into routine monitoring.
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- Marco Basili
- CNR IRBIM, National Research Council - Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies, Largo Fiera della Pesca, 60125, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark
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- CNR IGG, National Research Council - Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources, Via G. Gradenigo 6, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- CNR IRBIM, National Research Council - Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies, Largo Fiera della Pesca, 60125, Ancona, Italy
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- CNR IRBIM, National Research Council - Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies, Largo Fiera della Pesca, 60125, Ancona, Italy.
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Bouchali R, Marjolet L, Mondamert L, Chonova T, Ribun S, Laurent E, Bouchez A, Labanowski J, Cournoyer B. Evidence of Bacterial Community Coalescence between Freshwater and Discharged tpm-Harboring Bacterial Taxa from Hospital and Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plants among Epilithic Biofilms. Microorganisms 2023; 11:microorganisms11040922. [PMID: 37110345 PMCID: PMC10144666 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11040922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2023] [Revised: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/18/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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The ability of WWTP outflow bacteria at colonizing rock surfaces and contributing to the formation of river epilithic biofilms was investigated. Bacterial community structures of biofilms (b-) developing on rocks exposed to treated wastewaters (TWW) of a hospital (HTWW) and a domestic (DTWW) clarifier, and to surface waters of the stream located at 10 m, 500 m, and 8 km from the WWTP outlet, were compared. Biofilm bacterial contents were analyzed by cultural approaches and a tpm-based DNA metabarcoding analytical scheme. Co-occurrence distribution pattern analyses between bacterial datasets and eighteen monitored pharmaceuticals were performed. Higher concentrations of iohexol, ranitidine, levofloxacin, and roxithromycin were observed in the b-HTWW while atenolol, diclofenac, propranolol, and trimethoprim were higher in the b-DTWW. MPN growth assays showed recurrent occurrences of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Aeromonas caviae among these biofilms. An enrichment of multi-resistant P. aeruginosa cells was observed in the hospital sewer line. P. aeruginosa MPN values were negatively correlated to roxithromycin concentrations. The tpm DNA metabarcoding analyses confirmed these trends and allowed an additional tracking of more than 90 species from 24 genera. Among the recorded 3082 tpm ASV (amplicon sequence variants), 41% were allocated to the Pseudomonas. Significant differences through ANOSIM and DESeq2 statistical tests were observed between ASV recovered from b-HTWW, b-DTWW, and epilithic river biofilms. More than 500 ASV were found restricted to a single sewer line such as those allocated to Aeromonas popoffii and Stenotrophomonas humi being strictly found in the b-HTWW file. Several significant correlations between tpm ASV counts per species and pharmaceutical concentrations in biofilms were recorded such as those of Lamprocystis purpurea being positively correlated with trimethoprim concentrations. A tpm source tracking analysis showed the b-DTWW and b-HTWW tpm ASV to have contributed, respectively, at up to 35% and 2.5% of the epilithic river biofilm tpm-taxa recovered downstream from the WWTP outlet. Higher contributions of TWW taxa among epilithic biofilms were recorded closer to the WWTP outlet. These analyses demonstrated a coalescence of WWTP sewer communities with river freshwater taxa among epilithic biofilms developing downstream of a WWTP outlet.
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- Rayan Bouchali
- UMR Ecologie Microbienne, CNRS 5557, INRAE 1418, Research Group «Bacterial Opportunistic Pathogens and Environment», VetAgro Sup, Aisle 3, 1st Floor, 69280 Marcy L’Etoile, France
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- UMR Ecologie Microbienne, CNRS 5557, INRAE 1418, Research Group «Bacterial Opportunistic Pathogens and Environment», VetAgro Sup, Aisle 3, 1st Floor, 69280 Marcy L’Etoile, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP), École Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs (ENSIP), UMR CNRS 7285, Université de Poitiers, 86000 Poitiers, France
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- UMR CARRTEL, INRAE, Université de Savoie Mont Blanc, 75 Avenue de Corzent, 74200 Thonon-les-Bains, France
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- UMR Ecologie Microbienne, CNRS 5557, INRAE 1418, Research Group «Bacterial Opportunistic Pathogens and Environment», VetAgro Sup, Aisle 3, 1st Floor, 69280 Marcy L’Etoile, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP), École Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs (ENSIP), UMR CNRS 7285, Université de Poitiers, 86000 Poitiers, France
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- UMR CARRTEL, INRAE, Université de Savoie Mont Blanc, 75 Avenue de Corzent, 74200 Thonon-les-Bains, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP), École Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs (ENSIP), UMR CNRS 7285, Université de Poitiers, 86000 Poitiers, France
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- UMR Ecologie Microbienne, CNRS 5557, INRAE 1418, Research Group «Bacterial Opportunistic Pathogens and Environment», VetAgro Sup, Aisle 3, 1st Floor, 69280 Marcy L’Etoile, France
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Amplicons, Metagenomes, and Metatranscriptomes from Sediment and Water. Microbiol Resour Announc 2023; 12:e0123022. [PMID: 36856420 PMCID: PMC10112233 DOI: 10.1128/mra.01230-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2023] Open
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High fecal indicator bacterium (FIB) counts in water have been found to correlate with high sediment FIB counts. To determine the other bacterial populations in common between the two substrates, sediment and water samples from suburban waters known to be impacted by stormwater runoff were examined using next-generation sequencing.
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Matsui K, Miki T. Microbial community composition and function in an urban waterway with combined sewer overflows before and after implementation of a stormwater storage pipe. PeerJ 2023; 11:e14684. [PMID: 36650829 PMCID: PMC9840855 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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When the wastewater volume exceeds the sewer pipe capacity during extreme rainfall events, untreated sewage discharges directly into rivers as combined sewer overflow (CSO). To compare the impacts of CSOs and stormwater on urban waterways, we assessed physicochemical water quality, the 16S rRNA gene-based bacterial community structure, and EcoPlate-based microbial functions during rainfall periods in an urban waterway before and after a stormwater storage pipe was commissioned. A temporal variation analysis showed that CSOs have significant impacts on microbial function and bacterial community structure, while their contributions to physicochemical parameters, bacterial abundance, and chlorophyll a were not confirmed. Heat map analysis showed that the impact of CSO on the waterway bacterial community structure was temporal and the bacterial community composition in CSO is distinct from that in sewers. Hierarchical clustering analysis revealed that the waterway physicochemical water qualities, bacterial community composition, and microbial community function were distinguishable from the upper reach of the river, rather than between CSO and stormwater. Changes in the relative abundance of tetracycline resistance (tet) genes-especially tet(M)-were observed after CSOs but did not coincide with changes in the microbial community composition, suggesting that the parameters affecting the microbial community composition and relative abundance of tet genes differ. After pipe implementation, however, stormwater did not contribute to the abundance of tet genes in the waterway. These results indicate that CSO-induced acute microbial disturbances in the urban waterway were alleviated by the implementation of a stormwater storage pipe and will support the efficiency of storage pipe operation for waterway management in urban areas.
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- Kazuaki Matsui
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kindai University, Higashiosaka, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Ryukoku University, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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Shu W, Wang P, Zhao J, Ding M, Zhang H, Nie M, Huang G. Sources and migration similarly determine nitrate concentrations: Integrating isotopic, landscape, and biological approaches. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 852:158216. [PMID: 36028031 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Revised: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Rapid land use change has significantly increased nitrate (NO3-) loading to rivers, leading to eutrophication, and posing water security problems. Determining the sources of NO3- to waters and the underlying influential factors is critical for effectively reducing pollution and better managing water resources. Here, we identified the sources and influencing mechanisms of NO3- in a mixed land-use watershed by integrating stable isotopes (δ15N-NO3- and δ18O-NO3-), molecular biology, water chemistry, and landscape metrics measurements. Weak transformation processes of NO3- were identified in the river, as evinced by water chemistry, isotopes, species compositions, and predicted microbial genes related to nitrogen metabolism. NO3- concentrations were primarily influenced by exogenous inputs (i.e., from soil nitrogen (NS), nitrogen fertilizer (NF), and manure & sewage (MS)). The proportions of NO3- sources seasonally varied. In the wet season, the source contributions followed the order of NS (38.6 %) > NF (31.4 %) > atmospheric deposition (ND, 16.2 %) > MS (13.8 %). In the dry season, the contributions were in the order of MS (39.2 %) > NS (29.2 %) > NF (29 %) > ND (2.6 %). Farmland and construction land were the original factors influencing the spatial distribution of NO3- in the wet and dry seasons, respectively, while slope, basin relief (HD), hypsometric integral (HI), and COHESION, HD were the primary indicators associated with NO3- transport in the wet and dry seasons, respectively. Additionally, spatial scale differences were observed for the effects of landscape structure on NO3- concentrations, with the greatest effect at the 1000-m buffer zone scale in the wet season and at the sub-basin scale in the dry season. This study overcomes the limitation of isotopes in identifying nitrate sources by combining multiple approaches and provides new research perspectives for the determination of nitrate sources and migration in other watersheds.
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- Wang Shu
- School of Geography and Environment, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, Jiangxi, China; Sino-Danish College of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China; Sino-Danish Centre for Education and Research, Beijing 101408, China
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- School of Geography and Environment, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, Jiangxi, China.
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- School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- School of Geography and Environment, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, Jiangxi, China
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- School of Geography and Environment, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, Jiangxi, China
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- School of Geography and Environment, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, Jiangxi, China
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- School of Geography and Environment, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, Jiangxi, China
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Entezari S, Al MA, Mostashari A, Ganjidoust H, Ayati B, Yang J. Microplastics in urban waters and its effects on microbial communities: a critical review. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:88410-88431. [PMID: 36327084 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-23810-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 10/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Microplastic (MP) pollution is one of the emerging threats to the water and terrestrial environment, forcing a new environmental challenge due to the growing trend of plastic released into the environment. Synthetic and non-synthetic plastic components can be found in rivers, lakes/reservoirs, oceans, mountains, and even remote areas, such as the Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets. MPs' main challenge is identifying, measuring, and evaluating their impacts on environmental behaviors, such as carbon and nutrient cycles, water and wastewater microbiome, and the associated side effects. However, until now, no standardized methodical protocols have been proposed for comparing the results of studies in different environments, especially in urban water and wastewater. This review briefly discusses MPs' sources, fate, and transport in urban waters and explains methodological uncertainty. The effects of MPs on urban water microbiomes, including urban runoff, sewage wastewater, stagnant water in plumbing networks, etc., are also examined in depth. Furthermore, this study highlights the pathway of MPs and their transport vectors to different parts of ecosystems and human life, particularly through mediating microbial communities, antibiotic-resistant genes, and biogeochemical cycles. Overall, we have briefly highlighted the present research gaps, the lack of appropriate policy for evaluating microplastics and their interactions with urban water microbiomes, and possible future initiatives.
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- Saber Entezari
- Environmental Engineering Division, Faculty of Civil & Env. Eng., TMU, Tehran, Iran
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- Aquatic Eco-Health Group, Fujian Key Laboratory of Watershed Ecology, Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1799 Jimei Road, Xiamen, 361021, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Environmental Engineering Division, Faculty of Civil & Env. Eng., TMU, Tehran, Iran
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- Environmental Engineering Division, Faculty of Civil & Env. Eng., TMU, Tehran, Iran.
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- Environmental Engineering Division, Faculty of Civil & Env. Eng., TMU, Tehran, Iran
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- Aquatic Eco-Health Group, Fujian Key Laboratory of Watershed Ecology, Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1799 Jimei Road, Xiamen, 361021, China
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Yitayew B, Woldeamanuel Y, Asrat D, Rahman A, Mihret A, Aseffa A, Olsson PE, Jass J. Antimicrobial resistance genes in microbiota associated with sediments and water from the Akaki river in Ethiopia. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:70040-70055. [PMID: 35583762 PMCID: PMC9512891 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-20684-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The spread of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens is a global health concern. Most studies report high levels of antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) in the aquatic environment; however, levels associated with sediments are limited. This study aimed to investigate the distribution of ARGs in the sediments and water of the Akaki river in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The diversity and abundance of 84 ARGs and 116 clinically important bacteria were evaluated from the sediments and water collected from five sites in the Akaki river. Most of the ARGs were found in the city close to anthropogenic activities. Water samples collected in the middle catchment of the river contained 71-75% of targeted ARGs, with genes encoding aminoglycoside acetyltransferase (aac(6)-Ib-cr), aminoglycoside adenylyl transferase (aadA1), β-lactamase (blaOXA-10), quinolone resistance S (qnrS), macrolide efflux protein A (mefA), and tetracycline resistance (tetA), were detected at all sampling sites. Much fewer ARGs were detected in all sediments, and those near the hospitals had the highest diversity and level. Despite the lower levels and diversity, there were no unique ARGs detected in the sediments that were also not detected in the waters. A wide range of clinically relevant pathogens were also detected in the Akaki river. The findings suggest that the water phase, rather than the sediments in the Akaki river, is a potential conduit for the spread of ARGs and antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
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- Berhanu Yitayew
- College of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- School of Science and Technology, The Life Science Center - Biology, Örebro University, 701 82, Örebro, Sweden
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- College of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- School of Science and Technology, The Life Science Center - Biology, Örebro University, 701 82, Örebro, Sweden
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- College of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- School of Science and Technology, The Life Science Center - Biology, Örebro University, 701 82, Örebro, Sweden
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- School of Science and Technology, The Life Science Center - Biology, Örebro University, 701 82, Örebro, Sweden.
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Roguet A, Newton RJ, Eren AM, McLellan SL. Guts of the Urban Ecosystem: Microbial Ecology of Sewer Infrastructure. mSystems 2022; 7:e0011822. [PMID: 35762794 PMCID: PMC9426572 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00118-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Microbes have inhabited the oceans and soils for millions of years and are uniquely adapted to their habitat. In contrast, sewer infrastructure in modern cities dates back only ~150 years. Sewer pipes transport human waste and provide a view into public health, but the resident organisms that likely modulate these features are relatively unexplored. Here, we show that the bacterial assemblages sequenced from untreated wastewater in 71 U.S. cities were highly coherent at a fine sequence level, suggesting that urban infrastructure separated by great spatial distances can give rise to strikingly similar communities. Within the overall microbial community structure, temperature had a discernible impact on the distribution patterns of closely related amplicon sequence variants, resulting in warm and cold ecotypes. Two bacterial genera were dominant in most cities regardless of their size or geographic location; on average, Arcobacter accounted for 11% and Acinetobacter 10% of the entire community. Metagenomic analysis of six cities revealed these highly abundant resident organisms carry clinically important antibiotic resistant genes blaCTX-M, blaOXA, and blaTEM. In contrast, human fecal bacteria account for only ~13% of the community; therefore, antibiotic resistance gene inputs from human sources to the sewer system could be comparatively small, which will impact measurement capabilities when monitoring human populations using wastewater. With growing awareness of the metabolic potential of microbes within these vast networks of pipes and the ability to examine the health of human populations, it is timely to increase our understanding of the ecology of these systems. IMPORTANCE Sewer infrastructure is a relatively new habitat comprised of thousands of kilometers of pipes beneath cities. These wastewater conveyance systems contain large reservoirs of microbial biomass with a wide range of metabolic potential and are significant reservoirs of antibiotic resistant organisms; however, we lack an adequate understanding of the ecology or activity of these communities beyond wastewater treatment plants. The striking coherence of the sewer microbiome across the United States demonstrates that the sewer environment is highly selective for a particular microbial community composition. Therefore, results from more in-depth studies or proven engineering controls in one system could be extrapolated more broadly. Understanding the complex ecology of sewer infrastructure is critical for not only improving our ability to treat human waste and increasing the sustainability of our cities but also to create scalable and effective sewage microbial observatories, which are inevitable investments of the future to monitor health in human populations.
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- Adélaïde Roguet
- School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity, Oldenburg, Germany
- Josephine Bay Paul Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
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- School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Williams NLR, Siboni N, Potts J, Campey M, Johnson C, Rao S, Bramucci A, Scanes P, Seymour JR. Molecular microbiological approaches reduce ambiguity about the sources of faecal pollution and identify microbial hazards within an urbanised coastal environment. WATER RESEARCH 2022; 218:118534. [PMID: 35537251 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Urbanised beaches are regularly impacted by faecal pollution, but management actions to resolve the causes of contamination are often obfuscated by the inability of standard Faecal Indicator Bacteria (FIB) analyses to discriminate sources of faecal material or detect other microbial hazards, including antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). We aimed to determine the causes, spatial extent, and point sources of faecal contamination within Rose Bay, a highly urbanised beach within Sydney, Australia's largest city, using molecular microbiological approaches. Sampling was performed across a network of transects originating at 9 stormwater drains located on Rose Bay beach over the course of a significant (67.5 mm) rainfall event, whereby samples were taken 6 days prior to any rain, on the day of initial rainfall (3.8 mm), three days later after 43 mm of rain and then four days after any rain. Quantitative PCR (qPCR) was used to target marker genes from bacteria (i.e., Lachnospiraceae and Bacteroides) that have been demonstrated to be specific to human faeces (sewage), along with gene sequences from Heliobacter and Bacteriodes that are specific to bird and dog faeces respectively, and ARGs (sulI, tetA, qnrS, dfrA1 and vanB). 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing was also used to discriminate microbial signatures of faecal contamination. Prior to the rain event, low FIB levels (mean: 2.4 CFU/100 ml) were accompanied by generally low levels of the human and animal faecal markers, with the exception of one transect, potentially indicative of a dry weather sewage leak. Following 43 mm of rain, levels of both human faecal markers increased significantly in stormwater drain and seawater samples, with highest levels of these markers pinpointing several stormwater drains as sources of sewage contamination. During this time, sewage contamination was observed up to 1000 m from shore and was significantly and positively correlated with often highly elevated levels of the ARGs dfrA1, qnrS, sulI and vanB. Significantly elevated levels of the dog faecal marker in stormwater drains at this time also indicated that rainfall led to increased input of dog faecal material from the surrounding catchment. Using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing, several indicator taxa for stormwater contamination such as Arcobacter spp. and Comamonadaceae spp. were identified and the Bayesian SourceTracker tool was used to model the relative impact of specific stormwater drains on the surrounding environment, revealing a heterogeneous contribution of discrete stormwater drains during different periods of the rainfall event, with the microbial signature of one particular drain contributing up to 50% of bacterial community in the seawater directly adjacent. By applying a suite of molecular microbiological approaches, we have precisely pinpointed the causes and point-sources of faecal contamination and other associated microbiological hazards (e.g., ARGs) at an urbanised beach, which has helped to identify the most suitable locations for targeted management of water quality at the beach.
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- Nathan L R Williams
- Climate Change Cluster Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Climate Change Cluster Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Waters, Wetlands, Coasts Science Branch, NSW Department of Primary Industries and Environment, Lidcombe, NSW, 2141, Australia
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- Waters, Wetlands, Coasts Science Branch, NSW Department of Primary Industries and Environment, Lidcombe, NSW, 2141, Australia
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- Waters, Wetlands, Coasts Science Branch, NSW Department of Primary Industries and Environment, Lidcombe, NSW, 2141, Australia
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- Waters, Wetlands, Coasts Science Branch, NSW Department of Primary Industries and Environment, Lidcombe, NSW, 2141, Australia
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- Climate Change Cluster Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Waters, Wetlands, Coasts Science Branch, NSW Department of Primary Industries and Environment, Lidcombe, NSW, 2141, Australia
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- Climate Change Cluster Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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Cao M, Hu A, Gad M, Adyari B, Qin D, Zhang L, Sun Q, Yu CP. Domestic wastewater causes nitrate pollution in an agricultural watershed, China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 823:153680. [PMID: 35150684 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2021] [Revised: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Excessive quantities of nitrates in the aquatic environment can cause eutrophication and raise water safety concerns. Therefore, identification of the sources of nitrate is crucial to mitigate nitrate pollution and for better management of the water resources. Here, the spatiotemporal variations and sources of nitrate were investigated by stable isotopes (δ15N and δ18O), hydrogeochemical variables (e.g., NO3- and Cl-), and exogenous microbial signals (i.e., sediments, soils, domestic and swine sewage) in an agricultural watershed (Changle River watershed) in China. The concentration ranges of δ15N- and δ18O-NO3- between 3.03‰-18.97‰ and -1.55‰-16.47‰, respectively, suggested that soil nitrogen, chemical fertilizers, and manure and sewage (M&S) were the primary nitrate sources. Bayesian isotopic mixing model suggested that the major proportion of nitrate within the watershed (53.12 ± 10.40% and 63.81 ± 15.08%) and tributaries (64.43 ± 5.03% and 76.20 ± 4.34%) were contributed by M&S in dry and wet seasons, respectively. Community-based microbial source tracking (MST) showed that untreated and treated domestic wastewater was the major source (>70%) of river microbiota. Redundancy analysis with the incorporation of land use, hydrogeochemical variables, dual stable isotope, and exogenous microbial signals revealed domestic wastewater as the dominant cause of nitrate pollution. Altogether, this study not only identifies and quantifies the spatiotemporal variations in nitrate sources in the study area but also provides a new analytical framework by combining nitrate isotopic signatures and community-based MST approaches for source appointment of nitrate in other polluted watersheds.
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- Meixian Cao
- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Watershed Ecology, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Watershed Ecology, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Watershed Ecology, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Water Pollution Research Department, National Research Centre, Giza 12622, Egypt
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Watershed Ecology, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Department of Environmental Engineering, Universitas Pertamina, Jakarta 12220, Indonesia
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Watershed Ecology, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Watershed Ecology, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Watershed Ecology, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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Basili M, Techtmann SM, Zaggia L, Luna GM, Quero GM. Partitioning and sources of microbial pollution in the Venice Lagoon. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 818:151755. [PMID: 34848267 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Revised: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Microbial pollutants are a serious threat to human and environmental health in coastal areas. Based on the hypothesis that pollution from multiple sources may produce a distinct microbial signature and that microbial pollutants seem to distribute between a free-living and a particle-attached fraction, we investigated the occurrence, partitioning and sources of microbial pollutants in water samples collected in the Venice Lagoon (Italy). The area was taken as a case study of an environment characterized by a long history of industrial pollution and by growing human pressure. We found a variety of pollutants from several sources, with sewage-associated and faecal bacteria accounting for up to 5.98% of microbial communities. Sewage-associated pollutants were most abundant close to the city centre. Faecal pollution was highest in the area of the industrial port and was dominated by human inputs, whereas contamination from animal faeces was mainly detected at the interface with the mainland. Microbial pollutants were almost exclusively associated with the particle-attached fraction. The samples also contained other potential pathogens. Our findings stress the need for monitoring and managing microbial pollution in highly urbanized lagoon and semi-enclosed systems and suggest that management plans to reduce microbial inputs to the waterways should include measures to reduce particulate matter inputs to the lagoon. Finally, High-Throughput Sequencing combined with computational approaches proved critical to assess water quality and appears to be a valuable tool to support the monitoring of waterborne diseases.
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- Marco Basili
- CNR IRBIM, National Research Council - Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies, Largo Fiera della Pesca, 60125 Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States
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- CNR IGG, National Research Council - Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources, Via G. Gradenigo 6, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- CNR IRBIM, National Research Council - Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies, Largo Fiera della Pesca, 60125 Ancona, Italy
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- CNR IRBIM, National Research Council - Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies, Largo Fiera della Pesca, 60125 Ancona, Italy.
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Metagenomic Characterization of Microbial Pollutants and Antibiotic- and Metal-Resistance Genes in Sediments from the Canals of Venice. WATER 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/w14071161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The spread of fecal pollutants and antibiotic resistance in the aquatic environment represents a major public health concern and is predicted to increase in light of climate change consequences and the increasing human population pressure on the lagoon and coastal areas. The city of Venice (Italy) is affected by diverse microbial pollution sources, including domestic wastewaters that, due to the lack of modern sewage treatment infrastructure in the historical city center, are released into canals. The outflowing jets of its tidal inlets thus represent a source of contamination for the nearby beaches on the barrier island separating the lagoon from the sea. Metagenomic analyses of DNA extracted from sediment samples from six sites in the canals of the city’s historic center were undertaken to characterize the microbial community composition, the presence of fecal microbes as well as other non-enteric pathogens, and the content of genes related to antibiotic (AB) and heavy metal (HM) resistance, and virulence. The six sites hosted similar prokaryotic communities, although variations in community composition likely related to oxygen availability were observed. All sites displayed relatively high levels of fecal contamination, including the presence of Fecal Indicator Bacteria, sewage- and alternative feces-associated bacteria. Relatively high levels of other potential pathogens were also found. About 1 in 500 genes identified at these sites are related to AB and HM resistance; conversely, genes related to virulence were rare. Our data suggest the existence of widespread sediment microbial pollution in the canals of Venice, coupled with the prevalence of ARGs to antibiotics frequently used in humans as well as of HMRGs to toxic metals that still persists in the lagoon. All of this evidence raises concerns about the consequences on the water quality of the lagoon and adjacent marine areas and the potential risks for humans, deserving further studies.
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Ahlinder J, Svedberg AL, Nystedt A, Dryselius R, Jacobsson K, Hägglund M, Brindefalk B, Forsman M, Ottoson J, Troell K. Use of metagenomic microbial source tracking to investigate the source of a foodborne outbreak of cryptosporidiosis. Food Waterborne Parasitol 2022; 26:e00142. [PMID: 35024477 PMCID: PMC8728467 DOI: 10.1016/j.fawpar.2021.e00142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2021] [Revised: 12/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Cryptosporidium is a protozoan parasite of global public health importance that causes gastroenteritis in a variety of vertebrate hosts, with many human outbreaks reported yearly, often from ingestion of contaminated water or food. Despite the major public health implications, little is typically known about sources of contamination of disease outbreaks caused by Cryptosporidium. Here, we study a national foodborne outbreak resulted from infection with Cryptosporidium parvum via romaine lettuce, with the main goal to trace the source of the parasite. To do so, we combined traditional outbreak investigation methods with molecular detection and characterization methods (i.e. PCR based typing, amplicon and shotgun sequencing) of romaine lettuce samples collected at the same farm from which the contaminated food was produced. Using 18S rRNA typing, we detected C. parvum in two out of three lettuce samples, which was supported by detections in the metagenome analysis. Microbial source tracking analysis of the lettuce samples suggested sewage water as a likely source of the contamination, albeit with some uncertainty. In addition, the high degree of overlap in bacterial species content with a public human gut microbial database corroborated the source tracking results. The combination of traditional and molecular based methods applied here is a promising tool for future source tracking investigations of food- and waterborne outbreaks of Cryptosporidium spp. and can help to control and mitigate contamination risks.
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- J. Ahlinder
- CBRN Defence and Security, Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Infection control, Region Norrbotten, Luleå, Sweden
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- Department of Infection control, Region Norrbotten, Luleå, Sweden
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- Department of Biology, National Food Agency, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Biology, National Food Agency, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Clinical Genomics Facility, Stockholm, Sweden
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- CBRN Defence and Security, Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI, Umeå, Sweden
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- CBRN Defence and Security, Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Risk and benefit assessment, National Food Agency, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala university, Uppsala, Sweden
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Venâncio I, Luís Â, Domingues F, Oleastro M, Pereira L, Ferreira S. The Prevalence of Arcobacteraceae in Aquatic Environments: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Pathogens 2022; 11:244. [PMID: 35215187 PMCID: PMC8880612 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11020244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Members of the family Arcobacteraceae are distributed widely in aquatic environments, and some of its species have been associated with human and animal illness. However, information about the diversity and distribution of Arcobacteraceae in different water bodies is still limited. In order to better characterize the health risk posed by members in the family Arcobacteraceae, a systematic review and meta-analysis-based method was used to investigate the prevalence of Arcobacteraceae species in aquatic environments based on available data published worldwide. The database search was performed using related keywords and considering studies up to February 2021. The pooled prevalence in aquatic environments was 69.2%, ranging from 0.6 to 99.9%. These bacteria have a wide geographical distribution, being found in diverse aquatic environments with the highest prevalence found in raw sewage and wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), followed by seawater, surface water, ground water, processing water from food processing plants and water for human consumption. Assessing the effectiveness of treatments in WWTP in eliminating this contamination, it was found that the wastewater treatment may not be efficient in the removal of Arcobacteraceae. Among the analyzed Arcobacteraceae species, Al. butzleri was the most frequently found species. These results highlight the high prevalence and distribution of Arcobacteraceae in different aquatic environments, suggesting a risk to human health. Further, it exposes the importance of identifying and managing the sources of contamination and taking preventive actions to reduce the burden of members of the Arcobacteraceae family.
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- Igor Venâncio
- CICS-UBI-Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal; (I.V.); (Â.L.); (F.D.)
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- CICS-UBI-Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal; (I.V.); (Â.L.); (F.D.)
- Grupo de Revisões Sistemáticas (GRUBI), Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal;
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- CICS-UBI-Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal; (I.V.); (Â.L.); (F.D.)
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- National Reference Laboratory for Gastrointestinal Infections, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, 1649-016 Lisbon, Portugal;
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- Grupo de Revisões Sistemáticas (GRUBI), Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal;
- CMA-UBI-Centro de Matemática e Aplicações, Universidade da Beira Interior, 6200-001 Covilhã, Portugal
- C4-UBI, Cloud Computing Competence Centre, University of Beira Interior, 6200-284 Covilhã, Portugal
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- CICS-UBI-Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal; (I.V.); (Â.L.); (F.D.)
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Assessment of Spatio-Temporal Variability of Faecal Pollution along Coastal Waters during and after Rainfall Events. WATER 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/w14030502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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More than 80% of wastewaters are discharged into rivers or seas, with a negative impact on water quality along the coast due to the presence of potential pathogens of faecal origin. Escherichia coli and enterococci are important indicators to assess, monitor, and predict microbial water quality in natural ecosystems. During rainfall events, the amount of wastewater delivered to rivers and coastal systems is increased dramatically. This study implements measures capable of monitoring the pathways of wastewater discharge to rivers and the transport of faecal bacteria to the coastal area during and following extreme rainfall events. Spatio-temporal variability of faecal microorganisms and their relationship with environmental variables and sewage outflow in an area located in the western Adriatic coast (Fano, Italy) was monitored. The daily monitoring during the rainy events was carried out for two summer seasons, for a total of five sampling periods. These results highlight that faecal microbial contaminations were related to rainy events with a high flow of wastewater, with recovery times for the microbiological indicators varying between 24 and 72 h and influenced by a dynamic dispersion. The positive correlation between ammonium and faecal bacteria at the Arzilla River and the consequences in seawater can provide a theoretical basis for controlling ammonium levels in rivers as a proxy to monitor the potential risk of bathing waters pathogen pollution.
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Gad M, Hou L, Cao M, Adyari B, Zhang L, Qin D, Yu CP, Sun Q, Hu A. Tracking microeukaryotic footprint in a peri-urban watershed, China through machine-learning approaches. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 806:150401. [PMID: 34562761 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2021] [Revised: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Microeukaryotes play a significant role in biogeochemical cycling and can serve as bioindicators of water quality in freshwater ecosystems. However, there is a knowledge gap on how freshwater microeukaryotic communities are assembled, especially that how terrestrial microeukaryotes influence freshwater microeukaryotic assemblages. Here, we used a combination of 18S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and community-based microbial source tracking (MST) approaches (i.e., SourceTracker and FEAST) to assess the contribution of microeukaryotes from surrounding environments (i.e., soils, river sediments, swine wastewater, influents and effluents of decentralized wastewater treatment plants) to planktonic microeukaryotes in the main channel, tributaries and reservoir of a peri-urban watershed, China in wet and dry seasons. The results indicated that SAR (~ 49% of the total communities), Opithokonta (~ 34%), Archaeplastida (~ 9%), and Amoebozoa (~ 2%) were dominant taxa in the watershed. The community-based MST analysis revealed that sewage effluents (7.96 - 21.84%), influents (2.23 - 13.97%), and river sediments (2.56 - 11.71%) were the major exogenous sources of riverine microeukaryotes. At the spatial scale, the downstream of the watershed (i.e., main channel and tributaries) received higher proportions of exogenous microeukaryotic OTUs compared to the upstream reservoirs, while at the seasonal scale, the sewage effluents and influents contributed higher exogenous microeukaryotes to river water in wet season than in dry season. Moreover, the swine and domestic wastewater led to the presence of Apicomplexa in wet season only, implying rainfall runoff may enhance the spread of parasitic microeukaryotes. Taken together, our study provides novel insights into the immigration patterns of microeukaryotes and their dominant supergroups between terrestrial and riverine habitats.
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- Mahmoud Gad
- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Watershed Ecology, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Water Pollution Research Department, National Research Centre, Giza 12622, Egypt
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Watershed Ecology, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Watershed Ecology, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Department of Environmental Engineering, Universitas Pertamina, Jakarta 12220, Indonesia
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Watershed Ecology, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Watershed Ecology, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Watershed Ecology, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Watershed Ecology, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China.
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Orel N, Fadeev E, Klun K, Ličer M, Tinta T, Turk V. Bacterial Indicators Are Ubiquitous Members of Pelagic Microbiome in Anthropogenically Impacted Coastal Ecosystem. Front Microbiol 2022; 12:765091. [PMID: 35111137 PMCID: PMC8801744 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.765091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Coastal zones are exposed to various anthropogenic impacts, such as different types of wastewater pollution, e.g., treated wastewater discharges, leakage from sewage systems, and agricultural and urban runoff. These various inputs can introduce allochthonous organic matter and microbes, including pathogens, into the coastal marine environment. The presence of fecal bacterial indicators in the coastal environment is usually monitored using traditional culture-based methods that, however, fail to detect their uncultured representatives. We have conducted a year-around in situ survey of the pelagic microbiome of the dynamic coastal ecosystem, subjected to different anthropogenic pressures to depict the seasonal and spatial dynamics of traditional and alternative fecal bacterial indicators. To provide an insight into the environmental conditions under which bacterial indicators thrive, a suite of environmental factors and bacterial community dynamics were analyzed concurrently. Analyses of 16S rRNA amplicon sequences revealed that the coastal microbiome was primarily structured by seasonal changes regardless of the distance from the wastewater pollution sources. On the other hand, fecal bacterial indicators were not affected by seasons and accounted for up to 34% of the sequence proportion for a given sample. Even more so, traditional fecal indicator bacteria (Enterobacteriaceae) and alternative wastewater-associated bacteria (Lachnospiraceae, Ruminococcaceae, Arcobacteraceae, Pseudomonadaceae and Vibrionaceae) were part of the core coastal microbiome, i.e., present at all sampling stations. Microbial source tracking and Lagrangian particle tracking, which we employed to assess the potential pollution source, revealed the importance of riverine water as a vector for transmission of allochthonous microbes into the marine system. Further phylogenetic analysis showed that the Arcobacteraceae in our data set was affiliated with the pathogenic Arcobacter cryaerophilus, suggesting that a potential exposure risk for bacterial pathogens in anthropogenically impacted coastal zones remains. We emphasize that molecular analyses combined with statistical and oceanographic models may provide new insights for environmental health assessment and reveal the potential source and presence of microbial indicators, which are otherwise overlooked by a cultivation approach.
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- Neža Orel
- Marine Biology Station Piran, National Institute of Biology, Piran, Slovenia
- *Correspondence: Neža Orel,
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- Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Marine Biology Station Piran, National Institute of Biology, Piran, Slovenia
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- Marine Biology Station Piran, National Institute of Biology, Piran, Slovenia
- Office for Meteorology, Hydrology and Oceanography, Slovenian Environment Agency, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Marine Biology Station Piran, National Institute of Biology, Piran, Slovenia
- Tinkara Tinta,
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- Marine Biology Station Piran, National Institute of Biology, Piran, Slovenia
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Kvesić M, Kalinić H, Dželalija M, Šamanić I, Andričević R, Maravić A. Microbiome and antibiotic resistance profiling in submarine effluent-receiving coastal waters in Croatia. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 292:118282. [PMID: 34619178 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Revised: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/03/2021] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents are pointed as hotspots for the introduction of both commensal and pathogenic bacteria as well as their antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in receiving water bodies. For the first time, the effect of partially treated submarine effluents was explored at the bottom and surface of the water column to provide a comprehensive overview of the structure of the microbiome and associated AR, and to assess environmental factors leading to their alteration. Seawater samples were collected over a 5-month period from submarine outfalls in central Adriatic Sea, Croatia. 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing was used to establish taxonomic and resistome profiles of the bacterial communities. The community differences observed between the two discharge areas, especially in the abundance of Proteobacteria and Firmicutes, could be due to the origin of wastewaters treated in WWTPs and the limiting environmental conditions such as temperature and nutrients. PICRUSt2 analysis inferred the total content of ARGs in the studied microbiomes and showed the highest abundance of resistance genes encoding multidrug efflux pumps, such as MexAB-OprM, AcrEF-TolC and MdtEF-TolC, followed by the modified peptidoglycan precursors, transporter genes encoding tetracycline, macrolide and phenicol resistance, and the bla operon conferring β-lactam resistance. A number of pathogenic genera introduced by effluents, including Acinetobacter, Arcobacter, Bacteroides, Escherichia-Shigella, Klebsiella, Pseudomonas, and Salmonella, were predicted to account for the majority of efflux pump-driven multidrug resistance, while Acinetobacter, Salmonella, Bacteroides and Pseudomonas were also shown to be the predominant carriers of non-efflux ARGs conferring resistance to most of nine antibiotic classes. Taken together, we evidenced the negative impact of submarine discharges of treated effluents via alteration of physico-chemical characteristics of the water column and enrichment of bacterial community with nonindigenous taxa carrying an arsenal of ARGs, which could contribute to the further propagation of the AR in the natural environment.
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- Marija Kvesić
- Center of Excellence for Science and Technology-Integration of Mediterranean Region, University of Split, Ruđera Boškovića 31, 21000, Split, Croatia; Faculty of Science, University of Split, Ruđera Boškovića 33, Split, Croatia
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- Department of Informatics, Faculty of Science, University of Split, Ruđera Boškovića 33, 21000, Split, Croatia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Split, Ruđera Boškovića 33, 21000, Split, Croatia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Split, Ruđera Boškovića 33, 21000, Split, Croatia
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- Center of Excellence for Science and Technology-Integration of Mediterranean Region, University of Split, Ruđera Boškovića 31, 21000, Split, Croatia; Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, University of Split, Matice Hrvatske 15, Split, Croatia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Split, Ruđera Boškovića 33, 21000, Split, Croatia.
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Bacterial community composition and functional potential associated with a variety of urban stormwater sources. Urban Ecosyst 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11252-021-01121-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Potentially Pathogenic Bacteria in the Central Adriatic Sea: Are They Connected to Urban Wastewater Inputs? WATER 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/w13233335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Despite last decades’ interventions within local and communitarian programs, the Mediterranean Sea still receives poorly treated urban wastewater (sewage). Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) performing primary sewage treatments have poor efficiency in removing microbial pollutants, including fecal indicator bacteria, pathogens, and mobile genetic elements conferring resistance to antimicrobials. Using a combination of molecular tools, we investigated four urban WWTPs (i.e., two performing only mechanical treatments and two performing a subsequent conventional secondary treatment by activated sludge) as continuous sources of microbial pollution for marine coastal waters. Sewage that underwent only primary treatments was characterized by a higher content of traditional and alternative fecal indicator bacteria, as well as potentially pathogenic bacteria (especially Acinetobacter, Coxiella, Prevotella, Streptococcus, Pseudomonas, Vibrio, Empedobacter, Paracoccus, and Leptotrichia), than those subjected to secondary treatment. However, seawater samples collected next to the discharging points of all the WWTPs investigated here revealed a marked fecal signature, despite significantly lower values in the presence of secondary treatment of the sewage. WWTPs in this study represented continuous sources of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) ermB, qnrS, sul2, tetA, and blaTEM (the latter only for three WWTPs out of four). Still, no clear effects of the two depuration strategies investigated here were detected. Some marine samples were identified as positive to the colistin-resistance gene mcr-1, an ARG that threatens colistin antibiotics’ clinical utility in treating infections with multidrug-resistant bacteria. This study provides evidence that the use of sole primary treatments in urban wastewater management results in pronounced inputs of microbial pollution into marine coastal waters. At the same time, the use of conventional treatments does not fully eliminate ARGs in treated wastewater. The complementary use of molecular techniques could successfully improve the evaluation of the depuration efficiency and help develop novel solutions for the treatment of urban wastewater.
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Sun H, Pan B, He H, Zhao G, Jiang X, Han X, Wang H. Characterization of the bacterioplankton community and the influencing factors in the upper reaches of the Han River basin. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:61748-61759. [PMID: 34189692 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-14906-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The upper reaches of the Han River are the source region of water for the Middle Route of China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project, mainly for household, industrial, and irrigation purposes. Planktonic bacteria are more sensitive than macroorganisms to water physical and chemical properties and play a critical role in biogeochemical processes in river ecosystems. In November 2017 and April 2018, a systematic and methodical survey was carried out to evaluate the water quality and bacterial communities, on the mainstem of the Han River and its five main tributaries. In this study, high-throughput sequencing technology has been employed to investigate the bacterioplankton community composition. The results indicated the following: (1) diversity increased downstream, especially in the upper reaches of the Han River. (2) The relative abundance of Actinobacteria increased with the increase of river length, while that of Bacteroidetes decreased slightly. (3) Five tributaries were found to be importance sources of taxa to the Han River; however, in both months, a large proportion of operational taxonomic units (37.84% and 36.34%, respectively) had unknown sources. (4) Finally, redundancy analysis (RDA) and Bioenv analysis showed that environmental parameters (pH, TN, Cond, NH4+-N, DO, NO2--N, Chl-a, and T) had a great influence (p ≤ 0.05) on the bacterioplankton community. These research results are beneficial for the managing the ecological system, protecting the tributary biodiversity, and conserving the mainstem and tributaries of the Han River basin.
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- He Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Eco-hydraulic in Northwest Arid Region of China, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi' an, 710048, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-hydraulic in Northwest Arid Region of China, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi' an, 710048, Shaanxi, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-hydraulic in Northwest Arid Region of China, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi' an, 710048, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-hydraulic in Northwest Arid Region of China, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi' an, 710048, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-hydraulic in Northwest Arid Region of China, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi' an, 710048, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-hydraulic in Northwest Arid Region of China, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi' an, 710048, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-hydraulic in Northwest Arid Region of China, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi' an, 710048, Shaanxi, China
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McClary-Gutierrez JS, Driscoll Z, Nenn C, Newton RJ. Human Fecal Contamination Corresponds to Changes in the Freshwater Bacterial Communities of a Large River Basin. Microbiol Spectr 2021; 9:e0120021. [PMID: 34494860 PMCID: PMC8557911 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01200-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Microbial water quality is generally monitored by culturable fecal indicator bacteria (FIB), which are intended to signal human health risk due to fecal pollution. However, FIB have limited utility in most urbanized watersheds as they do not discriminate among fecal pollution sources, tend to make up a small fraction of the total microbial community, and do not inform on pollution impacts on the native ecosystem. To move beyond these limitations, we assessed entire bacterial communities and investigated how bacterial diversity relates to traditional ecological and human health-relevant water quality indicators throughout the Milwaukee River Basin. Samples were collected from 16 sites on 5 days during the summer, including both wet and dry weather events, and were processed by 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. Historical water quality at each sampling location, as opposed to upstream land use, was associated significantly with bacterial community alpha diversity. Source partitioning the sequence data was important for determining water quality relationships. Sewage-associated bacterial sequences were detected in all samples, and the relative abundance of sewage sequences was strongly associated with the human Bacteroides fecal marker. From this relationship, we developed a preliminary threshold for human sewage pollution when using bacterial community sequence data. Certain abundant freshwater bacterial sequences were also associated with human fecal pollution, suggesting their possible utility in water quality monitoring. This study sheds light on how bacterial community analysis can be used to supplement current water quality monitoring techniques to better understand interactions between ecological water quality and human health indicators. IMPORTANCE Surface waters in highly developed mixed-use watersheds are frequently impacted by a wide variety of pollutants, leading to a range of impairments that must be monitored and remediated. With advancing technologies, microbial community sequencing may soon become a feasible method for routine evaluation of the ecological quality and human health risk of a water body. In this study, we partnered with a local citizen science organization to evaluate the utility of microbial community sequencing for identifying pollution sources and ecological impairments in a large mixed-use watershed. We show that changes in microbial community diversity and composition are indicative of both long-term ecological impairments and short-term fecal pollution impacts. By source partitioning the sequence data, we also estimate a threshold target for human sewage pollution, which may be useful as a starting point for future development of sequencing-based water quality monitoring techniques.
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- Milwaukee Riverkeeper, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Milwaukee Riverkeeper, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Comparison of Gut Microbiota between Gentoo and Adélie Penguins Breeding Sympatrically on Antarctic Ardley Island as Revealed by Fecal DNA Sequencing. DIVERSITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/d13100500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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There are two pygoscelid penguins, the Gentoo (Pygoscelis papua Forster, 1781) and Adélie (P. adeliae Hombron and Jacquinot, 1841) penguins, breeding sympatrically on Ardley Island, Fildes Peninsula region, South Shetlands, Antarctica. Whether the two closely related penguin species with similar dietary habits possess compositional similarity in gut microbiota remains unknown. DNA barcoding of feces is an emerging approach for gut microbiota analysis of protected animals. In the present study, the 16S rRNA gene from penguin feces was sequenced using the Illumina MiSeq platform to investigate the gut microbiota of the two pygoscelid penguin species. The fecal community of Gentoo penguins has higher diversity indices and OTU (operational taxonomic unit) richness compared to Adélie penguins. Besides unclassified bacteria, sequences fell into 22 major lineages of the domain Bacteria: Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria, Armatimonadetes, Bacteroidetes, Chlamydiae, Chloroflexi, Cloacimonetes, Cyanobacteria, Deinococcus-Thermus, Fibrobacteres, Firmicutes, Fusobacteria, Gemmatimonadetes, Ignavibacteriae, Planctomycetes, Proteobacteria, Tenericutes, Verrucomicrobia, and candidate divisions BRC1, SR1, WPS-2, and Saccharibacteria. Among these, Firmicutes (37.7%), Proteobacteria (23.1%, mainly Gamma- and Betaproteobacteria), Fusobacteria (14.3%), Bacteroidetes (7.9%), and Actinobacteria (6.6%) were dominant in the fecal microbiota of the two penguin species. At the same time, significantly higher abundances of Actinobacteria and Cyanobacteria were detected in Gentoo penguins than in Adélie penguins (p < 0.05). Overall, there was a clear difference in the composition of gut microbiota between the Adélie and Gentoo penguins. The results suggested that both the phylogeny of penguin species and the diet could be responsible for the differences in the gut microbiota of the two pygoscelid penguins breeding in the same area.
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Zhang R, Liu WC, Liu Y, Zhang HL, Zhao ZH, Zou LY, Shen YC, Lan WS. Impacts of anthropogenic disturbances on microbial community of coastal waters in Shenzhen, South China. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2021; 30:1652-1661. [PMID: 33161467 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-020-02297-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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During the urbanization, human activities have brought great changes to marine biodiversity and microbial communities of coastal water. Shenzhen is a coastal city that has developed rapidly over the past four decades, but the microbial communities and metabolic potential in offshore water are still not well characterized. Here, 16S rRNA gene V4-V5 sequencing was conducted to determine the microbial components from coastal waters in twenty selected areas of Shenzhen. The results showed a significant difference on the microbial composition between the western and eastern waters. Samples from western coast had more abundant Burkholderiaceae, Sporichthyaceae, Aeromonadaceae, and Methylophilaceae compared to eastern coast, and at the genus level, Candidatus Aquiluna, Aeromonas, Arcobacter, Ottowia and Acidibacter were significantly higher in western waters. There was also a notable difference within the western sample group, suggesting the taxa-compositional heterogeneity. Moreover, analysis of environmental factors and water quality revealed that salinity, pH and dissolved oxygen were relatively decreased in western samples, while total nitrogen, total phosphorus, chemical oxygen demand, and harmful marine vibrio were significantly increased compared to eastern waters. The results suggest the coastal waters pollution is more serious in western Shenzhen than eastern Shenzhen and the microbial communities are altered, which can be associated with anthropogenic disturbances.
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- Rui Zhang
- Shenzhen Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen, 518108, PR China.
- College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, 524088, PR China.
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- Shenzhen Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen, 518108, PR China
- College of Agriculture, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, 524088, PR China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen, 518108, PR China
- College of Agriculture, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, 524088, PR China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen, 518108, PR China
- College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, 524088, PR China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen, 518108, PR China
- College of Agriculture, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, 524088, PR China
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- Baoan Women's and Children's Hospital, Jinan University, Shenzhen, 518102, PR China
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- College of Fisheries, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, 524088, PR China
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- Shenzhen R&D Key Laboratory of Alien Pest Detection Technology, The Shenzhen Academy of Science and Technology for Inspection and Quarantine, Technology Center for Animal and Plant Inspection and Quarantine, Shenzhen Customs, Shenzhen, 518010, PR China.
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Basili M, Campanelli A, Frapiccini E, Luna GM, Quero GM. Occurrence and distribution of microbial pollutants in coastal areas of the Adriatic Sea influenced by river discharge. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2021; 285:117672. [PMID: 34380232 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The transport of a variety of pollutants from agricultural, industrial and urbanised areas makes rivers major contributors to the contamination of coastal marine environments. Too little is known of their role in carrying pathogens to the coast. We used DNA-based metabarcoding data to describe the microbial community composition in seawater and sediment collected in front of the estuary of the Tronto, the Chienti and the Esino, three Italian rivers with different pollution levels that empty into the north-central Adriatic Sea, and to detect and measure within these communities the relative abundance of microbial pollutants, including traditional faecal indicators and alternative faecal and sewage-associated pollutants. We then applied the FORENSIC algorithm to distinguish human from non-human sources of microbial pollution and FAPROTAX to map prokaryotic clades to established metabolic or other ecologically relevant functions. Finally, we searched the dataset for other common pathogenic taxa. Seawater and sediment contained numerous potentially pathogenic bacteria, mainly faecal and sewage-associated. The samples collected in front of the Tronto estuary showed the highest level of contamination, likely sewage-associated. The pathogenic signature showed a weak but positive correlation with some nutrients and strong correlations with some polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. This study confirms that rivers transport pathogenic bacteria to the coastal sea and highlights the value of expanding the use of HTS data, source tracking and functional identification tools to detect microbial pollutants and identify their sources with a view to gaining a better understanding of the pathways of sewage-associated discharges to the sea.
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- Marco Basili
- Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies, National Research Council (CNR-IRBIM), Ancona, Italy
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- Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies, National Research Council (CNR-IRBIM), Ancona, Italy
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- Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies, National Research Council (CNR-IRBIM), Ancona, Italy
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- Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies, National Research Council (CNR-IRBIM), Ancona, Italy
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- Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies, National Research Council (CNR-IRBIM), Ancona, Italy.
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Akita LG, Laudien J, Biney C, Akrong MO. A baseline study of spatial variability of bacteria (total coliform, E. coli, and Enterococcus spp.) as biomarkers of pollution in ten tropical Atlantic beaches: concern for environmental and public health. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:50941-50965. [PMID: 34386920 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-15432-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Coastal water quality in urban cities is increasingly impacted by human activities such as agricultural runoff, sewage discharges, and poor sanitation. However, environmental factors controlling bacteria abundance remain poorly understood. The study employed multiple indicators to assess ten beach water qualities in Ghana during minor wet seasons. Environmental parameters (e.g. temperature, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids) were measured in situ using the Horiba multiple parameter probe. Surface water samples were collected to measure total suspended solids, nutrients, and chlorophyll-a via standard methods and bacteria determination through membrane filtration. Environmental parameters measured showed no significant variation for the sample period. However, bacteria loads differ significantly (p = 0.024) among the beaches and influenced significantly by nitrate (55.3%, p = 0.02) and total dissolved solids (17.1%, p = 0.017). The baseline study detected an increased amount of total coliforms and faecal indicator bacteria (Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp.) in beach waters along the coast of Ghana, suggesting faecal contamination, which can pose health risks. The mean ± standard deviations of bacteria loads in beach water are total coliforms (4.06 × 103 ± 4.16 × 103 CFU/100 mL), E. coli (7.06 × 102 ± 1.72 × 103 CFU/100 mL), and Enterococcus spp. (6.15 × 102 ± 1.75 × 103 CFU/100 mL). Evidence of pollution calls for public awareness to prevent ecological and health-related risks and policy reforms to control coastal water pollution. Future research should focus on identifying the sources of contamination in the tropical Atlantic region.
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- Lailah Gifty Akita
- Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 99, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
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- Alfred Wegner Institute Helmholtz Centre of Polar and Marine Research, Am Alten Hafen 26, 27568, Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Ecosystems Environmental Solutions, GD-213-5404, Accra, Ghana
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- CSIR-Research Institute, P.O. Box M 32, GP-018-964, Accra, Ghana
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Peters PE, Zitomer DH. Current and future approaches to wet weather flow management: A review. WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH : A RESEARCH PUBLICATION OF THE WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION 2021; 93:1179-1193. [PMID: 33393150 DOI: 10.1002/wer.1506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2020] [Revised: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Sewers can become hydraulically overburdened during high-intensity precipitation resulting in untreated water entering receiving streams. Combined (CSOs) and sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) cause adverse public health and environmental impacts as well as management challenges for many wastewater utilities. This novel review presents information regarding wet weather flow regulation, impacts, and current management methods, and offers ideas for future approaches in the United States. Currently, storage followed by conventional municipal water reclamation facility treatment after precipitation events is often employed. Stand-alone alternative technologies include high-rate solids removal, rapid disinfection, filtration, and green infrastructure. However, most current stand-alone approaches do not address soluble BOD5 or emerging contaminants in stormwater and wastewater. As the needs for wet weather flow management change, future approaches should include a goal of zero overflows and achieve effluent quality as good as or better than conventional treatment. To help achieve zero overflows and complete treatment, the "peaker facility" concept is proposed. The peaker facility often remains idle but treats excess flow when needed. Considering the challenges of remaining idle for long periods, starting up quickly, and handling high flows, chemical oxidation may be an applicable peaker facility component. However, more research and development are needed to determine best practices. PRACTITIONER POINTS: Combined (CSO) and sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) pose both environmental and public health risks as untreated water is discharged into lakes and rivers during high-intensity rain events. Current stand-alone approaches for managing or treating CSOs focus on particulate BOD/COD and solids removal, and do not typically address soluble BOD or emerging contaminants in stormwater and wastewater (including pathogens). New wet weather policies and regulations encourage more holistic approaches by wastewater utilities, and future approaches should include a zero-overflow goal for all CSOs and SSOs. To help achieve zero overflows, the concept of the "peaker facility" is proposed. Chemical oxidation may be an applicable component of peaker facilities for its short detention time and ability to remove, oxidize, or inactive water impairment-causing contaminants.
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- Paige E Peters
- Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Rajeev AC, Sahu N, Arvind K, Deori M, Grace T, Dev SA, Yadav VP, Ghosh I. Exploring prevalence of potential pathogens and fecal indicators in geographically distinct river systems through comparative metagenomics. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2021; 282:117003. [PMID: 33848911 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2020] [Revised: 02/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Microbial communities are considered as vital members to reflect the health of a riverine system. Among them, pathogenic and fecal indicators imply health risks involved with potability of river water. The present study explores the diverse microbial communities, distribution pattern of potential pathogens, and fecal indicators between the geographically distinct Himalayan and Peninsular river systems of India. It also inquires into the environmental factors associated with community variance and distribution pattern of microbial indicators. The application of high-throughput amplicon sequencing approach unveiled significant demarcation (p < 0.004, Anosim R = 0.62) of samples suggesting unique microbial diversities in these two river sediments. Random forest analysis revealed Desulfobulbulus, PSB_M_3, and Opitutus in Himalayan, while DA101, Bacillus, and Streptomyces in the Peninsular as significant contributors to develop overall dissimilarity between the river systems. Permutational multivariate analysis of variance and co-occurrence network analysis were used to study the relationships between microbial taxa and environmental factors. Amongst the various studied environmental parameters, pH, K, Ca, Mg, Ba, and Al in the Himalayan and salinity, Na, temperature, and Th in the Peninsular significantly influenced shaping of distinct microbial communities. Furthermore, the potential pathogenic genera, including Flavobacterium, Clostridium, Arcobacter, Pseudomonas, and Bacillus were highly prevalent in both the river systems. Arcobacter, Clostridium, Acinetobacter, Bacteroides, and Caloramator were the prominent fecal indicators in these river systems. Our findings provide salient information about the crucial role and interplay between various environmental factors and anthropogenic influences in framing the microbiome of the distinct river systems in India. Moreover, assessing potential pathogenic and fecal indicators suggest the public health risk associated with untreated sewage discharge into these water sources. The detection of various F/S indicators and potentially pathogenic bacteria in Himalayan and Peninsular river systems emphasize the urgent need for future monitoring and management of major riverine systems in India.
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- School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Genomic Science, Central University of Kerala, India
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- School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Genomic Science, Central University of Kerala, India
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- Division of Forest Genetics and Biotechnology, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Kerala, India
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- School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
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Byappanahalli MN, Nevers MB, Shively D, Nakatsu CH, Kinzelman JL, Phanikumar MS. Influence of Filter Pore Size on Composition and Relative Abundance of Bacterial Communities and Select Host-Specific MST Markers in Coastal Waters of Southern Lake Michigan. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:665664. [PMID: 34335496 PMCID: PMC8319913 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.665664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Water clarity is often the primary guiding factor in determining whether a prefiltration step is needed to increase volumes processed for a range of microbial endpoints. In this study, we evaluate the effect of filter pore size on the bacterial communities detected by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and incidence of two host-specific microbial source tracking (MST) markers in a range of coastal waters from southern Lake Michigan, using two independent data sets collected in 2015 (bacterial communities) and 2016–2017 (MST markers). Water samples were collected from river, shoreline, and offshore areas. For bacterial communities, each sample was filtered through a 5.0-μm filter, followed by filtration through a 0.22-μm filter, resulting in 70 and 143 filter pairs for bacterial communities and MST markers, respectively. Following DNA extraction, the bacterial communities were compared using 16S rRNA gene amplicons of the V3–V4 region sequenced on a MiSeq Illumina platform. Presence of human (Bacteroides HF183) and gull (Gull2, Catellicoccus marimammalium) host-specific MST markers were detected by qPCR. Actinobacteriota, Bacteroidota, and Proteobacteria, collectively represented 96.9% and 93.9% of the relative proportion of all phyla in the 0.22- and 5.0-μm pore size filters, respectively. There were more families detected in the 5.0-μm pore size filter (368) than the 0.22-μm (228). There were significant differences in the number of taxa between the two filter sizes at all levels of taxonomic classification according to linear discriminant analysis (LDA) effect size (LEfSe) with as many as 986 taxa from both filter sizes at LDA effect sizes greater than 2.0. Overall, the Gull2 marker was found in higher abundance on the 5.0-μm filter than 0.22 μm with the reverse pattern for the HF183 marker. This discrepancy could lead to problems with identifying microbial sources of contamination. Collectively, these results highlight the importance of analyzing pre- and final filters for a wide range of microbial endpoints, including host-specific MST markers routinely used in water quality monitoring programs. Analysis of both filters may increase costs but provides more complete genomic data via increased sample volume for characterizing microbial communities in coastal waters.
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center, Chesterton, IN, United States
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center, Chesterton, IN, United States.,Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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Liang H, Yu Z, Wang B, Ndayisenga F, Liu R, Zhang H, Wu G. Synergistic Application of Molecular Markers and Community-Based Microbial Source Tracking Methods for Identification of Fecal Pollution in River Water During Dry and Wet Seasons. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:660368. [PMID: 34194406 PMCID: PMC8236858 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.660368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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It is important to track fecal sources from humans and animals that negatively influence the water quality of rural rivers and human health. In this study, microbial source tracking (MST) methods using molecular markers and the community-based FEAST (fast expectation–maximization microbial source tracking) program were synergistically applied to distinguish the fecal contributions of multiple sources in a rural river located in Beijing, China. The performance of eight markers were evaluated using 133 fecal samples based on real-time quantitative (qPCR) technique. Among them, six markers, including universal (BacUni), human-associated (HF183-1 and BacH), swine-associated (Pig-2-Bac), ruminant-associated (Rum-2-Bac), and avian-associated (AV4143) markers, performed well in the study. A total of 96 water samples from the river and outfalls showed a coordinated composition of fecal pollution, which revealed that outfall water might be a potential input of the Fsq River. In the FEAST program, bacterial 16S rRNA genes of 58 fecal and 12 water samples were sequenced to build the “source” library and “sink,” respectively. The relative contribution (<4.01% of sequence reads) of each source (i.e., human, swine, bovine, or sheep) was calculated based on simultaneous screening of the operational taxonomic units (OTUs) of sources and sinks, which indicated that community-based MST methods could be promising tools for identifying fecal sources from a more comprehensive perspective. Results of the qPCR assays indicated that fecal contamination from human was dominant during dry weather and that fecal sources from swine and ruminant were more prevalent in samples during the wet season than in those during the dry season, which were consistent with the findings predicted by the FEAST program using a very small sample size. Information from the study could be valuable for the development of improved regulation policies to reduce the levels of fecal contamination in rural rivers.
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- Hongxia Liang
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,RCEES-IMCAS-UCAS Joint-Lab of Microbial Technology for Environmental Science, Beijing, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Shao K, Yao X, Wu Z, Jiang X, Hu Y, Tang X, Xu Q, Gao G. The bacterial community composition and its environmental drivers in the rivers around eutrophic Chaohu Lake, China. BMC Microbiol 2021; 21:179. [PMID: 34126927 PMCID: PMC8201733 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-021-02252-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background Bacterial community play a key role in environmental and ecological processes in river ecosystems. Rivers are used as receiving body for treated and untreated urban wastewaters that brings high loads of sewage and excrement bacteria. However, little is known about the bacterial community structure and functional files in the rivers around the eutrophic Chaohu Lake, the fifth largest freshwater lake in China, has been subjected to severe eutrophication and cyanobacterial blooms over the past few decades. Therefore, understanding the taxonomic and functional compositions of bacterial communities in the river will contribute to understanding aquatic microbial ecology. The main aims were to (1) examine the structure of bacterial communities and functional profiles in this system; (2) find the environmental factors of bacterial community variations. Results We studied 88 sites at rivers in the Chaohu Lake basin, and determined bacterial communities using Illumina Miseq sequencing of the 16 S rRNA gene, and predicted functional profiles using PICRUSt2. A total of 3,390,497 bacterial 16 S rRNA gene sequences were obtained, representing 17 phyla, and 424 genera; The dominant phyla present in all samples were Bacteroidetes (1.4-82.50 %), followed by Proteobacteria (12.6–97.30 %), Actinobacteria (0.1–17.20 %). Flavobacterium was the most numerous genera, and accounted for 0.12–80.34 % of assigned 16 S reads, followed by Acinetobacter (0.33–49.28 %). Other dominant bacterial genera including Massilia (0.06–25.40 %), Psychrobacter (0-36.23 %), Chryseobacterium (0.01–22.86 %), Brevundimonas (0.01–12.82 %), Pseudomonas (0-59.73 %), Duganella (0.08–23.37 %), Unidentified Micrococcaceae (0-8.49 %). The functional profiles of the bacterial populations indicated an relation with many human diseases, including infectious diseases. Overall results, using the β diversity measures, coupled with heatmap and RDA showed that there were spatial variations in the bacterial community composition at river sites, and Chemical oxygen demand (CODMn) and (NH4+ )were the dominant environmental drivers affecting the bacterial community variance. Conclusions The high proportion of the opportunistic pathogens (Acinetobacter, Massilia, Brevundimonas) indicated that the discharge of sewage without adequate treatment into the rivers around Chaohu Lake. We propose that these bacteria could be more effective bioindicators for long-term sewage monitoring in eutrophic lakes. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12866-021-02252-9.
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- Keqiang Shao
- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 210008, Nanjing, China
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- School of Environment and Planning, Liaocheng University, 252000, Liaocheng, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 210008, Nanjing, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 210008, Nanjing, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 210008, Nanjing, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 210008, Nanjing, China
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- Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, 100012, Beijing, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 210008, Nanjing, China.
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LaMartina EL, Mohaimani AA, Newton RJ. Urban wastewater bacterial communities assemble into seasonal steady states. MICROBIOME 2021; 9:116. [PMID: 34016155 PMCID: PMC8139061 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-021-01038-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Microorganisms in urban sanitary sewers exhibit community properties that suggest sewers are a novel ecosystem. Sewer microorganisms present both an opportunity as a control point for wastewater treatment and a risk to human health. If treatment processes are to be improved and health risks quantified, then it is necessary to understand microbial distributions and dynamics within this community. Here, we use 16S rRNA gene sequencing to characterize raw influent wastewater bacterial communities in a 5-year time series from two wastewater treatment plants in Milwaukee, WI; influent wastewater from 77 treatment plants across the USA; and wastewater in 12 Milwaukee residential sewers. RESULTS In Milwaukee, we find that in transit from residences to treatment plants, the human bacterial component of wastewater decreases in proportion and exhibits stochastic temporal variation. In contrast, the resident sewer community increases in abundance during transit and cycles seasonally according to changes in wastewater temperature. The result is a bacterial community that assembles into two distinct community states each year according to the extremes in wastewater temperature. Wastewater bacterial communities from other northern US cities follow temporal trends that mirror those in Milwaukee, but southern US cities have distinct community compositions and differ in their seasonal patterns. CONCLUSIONS Our findings provide evidence that environmental conditions associated with seasonal change and climatic differences related to geography predictably structure the bacterial communities residing in below-ground sewer pipes. Video abstract.
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- Emily Lou LaMartina
- School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 53204, USA
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- School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 53204, USA
- Present Address: Analytical Technologies, Biogen, 5000 Davis Dr, Morrisville, NC, USA
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- School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 53204, USA.
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Huang H, Liu J, Zhang F, Zhu K, Yang C, Xiang Q, Lei B. Characteristics of planktonic and sediment bacterial communities in a heavily polluted urban river. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10866. [PMID: 33665025 PMCID: PMC7912603 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Urban rivers represent a unique ecosystem in which pollution occurs regularly, altering the biogeochemical characteristics of waterbodies and sediments. However, little is presently known about the spatiotemporal patterns of planktonic and sediment bacterial community diversities and compositions in urban rivers. Herein, Illumina MiSeq high-throughput sequencing was performed to reveal the spatiotemporal dynamics of bacterial populations in Liangtan River, a heavily polluted urban river in Chongqing City (China). The results showed the richness and diversity of sediment bacteria were significantly higher than those of planktonic bacteria, whereas a strong overlap (46.7%) in OTUs was identified between water and sediment samples. Bacterial community composition remarkably differed in waters and sediments. Planktonic bacterial communities were dominated by Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Cyanobacteria and Actinobacteria, while sediment bacterial communities mainly included Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Chloroflexi and Bacteroidetes. Additionally, several taxonomic groups of potential bacterial pathogens showed an increasing trend in water and sediment samples from residential and industrial areas (RI). Variation partition analysis (VPA) indicated that temperature and nutrient were identified as the main drivers determining the planktonic and sediment bacterial assemblages. These results highlight that bacterial communities in the polluted urban river exhibit spatiotemporal variation due to the combined influence of environmental factors associated with sewage discharge and hydropower dams.
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- Heqing Huang
- Chongqing Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Chongqing, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Chongqing, China
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Jang J, Kim M, Baek S, Shin J, Shin J, Shin SG, Kim YM, Cho KH. Hydrometeorological Influence on Antibiotic-Resistance Genes (ARGs) and Bacterial Community at a Recreational Beach in Korea. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 403:123599. [PMID: 32791479 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We investigated the occurrence and distribution of antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs) and the composition of a bacterial community under conditions of rainfall on a recreational beach in Korea. Seawater samples, collected every 1‒5 hours in June 2018 and May 2019, were analyzed using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and next-generation sequencing. We found a substantial influence of rainfall and tidal levels on the relative abundance of total ARGs and bacterial operational taxonomic units (OTUs), which showed 1.9 × 103 and 1.1 × 101 fold increases, respectively. In particular, the elevated levels of ARGs were maintained for up to 32 hours after rainfall. An increased abundance of sewage-related ARGs and bacterial OTUs suggested that combined sewer overflow (CSO) may be the major factor contributing to the increase in the number and diversity of ARGs and related bacterial communities. Network analysis of ARGs and OTUs indicated that, at the genus level, Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas, and Prevotella were the main potential pathogens carrying the observed ARGs in the recreational seawater. Overall, these findings highlight the potential threat to public health on beaches, and indicate the requirement for more adequate monitoring, with greater efforts to mitigate the propagation of ARGs arising from CSOs.
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- Jiyi Jang
- School of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 50, UNIST-gil, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 111, Daedeok-daero 989beon-gil, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34057, Republic of Korea
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- School of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 50, UNIST-gil, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, Future Convergence Technology Research Institute, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, 6, Naedong-ro 139beon-gil, Naedong-myeon, Jinju, 52725, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, Future Convergence Technology Research Institute, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, 6, Naedong-ro 139beon-gil, Naedong-myeon, Jinju, 52725, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, 04763, Republic of Korea
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- School of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 50, UNIST-gil, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea.
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Brumfield KD, Cotruvo JA, Shanks OC, Sivaganesan M, Hey J, Hasan NA, Huq A, Colwell RR, Leddy MB. Metagenomic Sequencing and Quantitative Real-Time PCR for Fecal Pollution Assessment in an Urban Watershed. FRONTIERS IN WATER 2021; 3:626849. [PMID: 34263162 PMCID: PMC8274573 DOI: 10.3389/frwa.2021.626849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Microbial contamination of recreation waters is a major concern globally, with pollutants originating from many sources, including human and other animal wastes often introduced during storm events. Fecal contamination is traditionally monitored by employing culture methods targeting fecal indicator bacteria (FIB), namely E. coli and enterococci, which provides only limited information of a few microbial taxa and no information on their sources. Host-associated qPCR and metagenomic DNA sequencing are complementary methods for FIB monitoring that can provide enhanced understanding of microbial communities and sources of fecal pollution. Whole metagenome sequencing (WMS), quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR), and culture-based FIB tests were performed in an urban watershed before and after a rainfall event to determine the feasibility and application of employing a multi-assay approach for examining microbial content of ambient source waters. Cultivated E. coli and enterococci enumeration confirmed presence of fecal contamination in all samples exceeding local single sample recreational water quality thresholds (E. coli, 410 MPN/100 mL; enterococci, 107 MPN/100 mL) following a rainfall. Test results obtained with qPCR showed concentrations of E. coli, enterococci, and human-associated genetic markers increased after rainfall by 1.52-, 1.26-, and 1.11-fold log10 copies per 100 mL, respectively. Taxonomic analysis of the surface water microbiome and detection of antibiotic resistance genes, general FIB, and human-associated microorganisms were also employed. Results showed that fecal contamination from multiple sources (human, avian, dog, and ruminant), as well as FIB, enteric microorganisms, and antibiotic resistance genes increased demonstrably after a storm event. In summary, the addition of qPCR and WMS to traditional surrogate techniques may provide enhanced characterization and improved understanding of microbial pollution sources in ambient waters.
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- Kyle D. Brumfield
- Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
- University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Cincin nati, OH, United States
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Cincin nati, OH, United States
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Cincin nati, OH, United States
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- University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
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- Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
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- Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
- University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
- CosmosID Inc., Rockville, MD, United States
- Correspondence: Rita R. Colwell , Menu B. Leddy
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- Essential Environmental and Engineering Systems, Huntington Beach, CA, United States
- Correspondence: Rita R. Colwell , Menu B. Leddy
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Hu A, Wang H, Li J, Mulla SI, Qiu Q, Tang L, Rashid A, Wu Y, Sun Q, Yu CP. Homogeneous selection drives antibiotic resistome in two adjacent sub-watersheds, China. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2020; 398:122820. [PMID: 32502801 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2019] [Revised: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Rivers are a significant reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), yet the biogeographic pattern of riverine ARGs and its underlying driving forces remain poorly understood. Here, we used metagenomic approach to investigate the spatio-temporal variation of ARGs in two adjacent sub-watersheds viz. North River (NR) and West River (WR), China. The results demonstrated that Bacitracin (22.8 % of the total ARGs), multidrug (20.7 %), sulfonamide (15.2 %) and tetracycline (10.9 %) were the dominant ARG types. SourceTracker analysis indicated that sewage treatment plants as the main source of ARGs, while animal feces mainly contributed in spreading the ARGs in the upstream of NR. Random forest and network analyses confirmed that NR was under the influence of fecal pollution. PCoA analysis demonstrated that the composition of ARGs changed along with the anthropogenic gradients, while the Raup-Crick null model showed that homogenizing selection mediated by class 1 integron intI1 resulted in stable ARG communities at whole watershed scale. Structural equation models revealed that microbial community, grassland and several non-antibiotic micropollutants may also play certain roles in influencing the distribution of ARGs. Overall, the observed deterministic formation of ARGs in riverine systems calls effective management strategies to mitigate the risks of antibiotic resistance on public health.
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- Anyi Hu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, China; Department of Biochemistry, School of Applied Sciences, Reva University, Bangalore, 560 064, India
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, China; Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture, Tarnab, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Department of Biology and Environmental Engineering, Hefei University, Hefei 230601, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, China; Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
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Enhancement of anti-fouling and contaminant removal in an electro-membrane bioreactor: Significance of electrocoagulation and electric field. Sep Purif Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Mathai PP, Staley C, Sadowsky MJ. Sequence-enabled community-based microbial source tracking in surface waters using machine learning classification: A review. J Microbiol Methods 2020; 177:106050. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2020.106050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Revised: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Noyer M, Reoyo-Prats B, Aubert D, Bernard M, Verneau O, Palacios C. Particle-attached riverine bacteriome shifts in a pollutant-resistant and pathogenic community during a Mediterranean extreme storm event. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 732:139047. [PMID: 32473395 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Revised: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Rivers are representative of the overall contamination found in their catchment area. Contaminant concentrations in watercourses depend on numerous factors including land use and rainfall events. Globally, in Mediterranean regions, rainstorms are at the origin of fluvial multipollution phenomena as a result of Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) and floods. Large loads of urban-associated microorganisms, including faecal bacteria, are released from CSOs which place public health - as well as ecosystems - at risk. The impacts of freshwater contamination on river ecosystems have not yet been adequately addressed, as is the case for the release of pollutant mixtures linked to extreme weather events. In this context, microbial communities provide critical ecosystem services as they are the only biological compartment capable of degrading or transforming pollutants. Through the use of 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding of environmental DNA at different seasons and during a flood event in a typical Mediterranean coastal river, we show that the impacts of multipollution phenomena on structural shifts in the particle-attached riverine bacteriome were greater than those of seasonality. Key players were identified via multivariate statistical modelling combined with network module eigengene analysis. These included species highly resistant to pollutants as well as pathogens. Their rapid response to contaminant mixtures makes them ideal candidates as potential early biosignatures of multipollution stress. Multiple resistance gene transfer is likely enhanced with drastic consequences for the environment and human-health, particularly in a scenario of intensification of extreme hydrological events.
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- Mégane Noyer
- Univ. Perpignan Via Domitia, CEFREM, UMR5110, F-66860 Perpignan, France; CNRS, CEFREM, UMR5110, F-66860 Perpignan, France
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- Univ. Perpignan Via Domitia, CEFREM, UMR5110, F-66860 Perpignan, France; CNRS, CEFREM, UMR5110, F-66860 Perpignan, France
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- Univ. Perpignan Via Domitia, CEFREM, UMR5110, F-66860 Perpignan, France; CNRS, CEFREM, UMR5110, F-66860 Perpignan, France
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- Univ. Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, GABI, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France; INRAE, SIGENAE, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Univ. Perpignan Via Domitia, CEFREM, UMR5110, F-66860 Perpignan, France; CNRS, CEFREM, UMR5110, F-66860 Perpignan, France; Unit. for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, ZA-2520 Potchefstroom, South Africa
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- Univ. Perpignan Via Domitia, CEFREM, UMR5110, F-66860 Perpignan, France; CNRS, CEFREM, UMR5110, F-66860 Perpignan, France.
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Afolayan A, Adebusoye L, Cadmus E, Ayeni F. Insights into the gut microbiota of Nigerian elderly with type 2 diabetes and non-diabetic elderly persons. Heliyon 2020; 6:e03971. [PMID: 32490229 PMCID: PMC7262409 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Revised: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a prevalent non-communicable disease among the world's growing elderly population. The contribution of the gut microbiota to T2D in several Westernized countries has been established. However, there is little information on the role of the gut microbiota in T2D from the African continent where lifestyle and life expectancy are different. AIMS This study sought to investigate gut microbiota variation in relation to elderly people living with T2D. in Nigeria. METHODS Whole microbial community DNA were derived from the stool samples of healthy urban-dwelling elderly individuals and urban-dwelling elderly individuals with T2D. The V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene was Illumina-sequenced and analyzed using QIIME2. RESULTS Beta taxonomic diversity was significantly different between healthy elderly individuals and elderly individuals with T2D. However, no difference in the alpha taxonomic diversity and predicted functional alpha diversity of the gut microbiota was observed. The genus Ruminococcus (T2D versus Healthy: 2.89% vs 2.21%), families Coriobacteriaceae (Collinsella, T2D versus Healthy: 2.62 % vs 1.25%) and Bifidobacteriaceae were enriched in elderly individuals with T2D, while members of Clostridiaceae (Clostridium, Healthy versus T2D: 5.6% vs 3.2%) and Peptostreptococcaceae (Healthy versus T2D: 3.45% vs 1.99%) were enriched in healthy volunteers. Pathways involved in amino acid biosynthesis were enriched in elderly individuals with T2D, while pathways involved in respiration and the biosynthesis of vital building blocks were enriched in healthy volunteers. CONCLUSIONS The study demonstrated for the first time in an African elderly population that the abundance of Bifidobacteriaceae, Collinsella, and Ruminococcus within the gut varies in relation to T2D. Findings from this study suggest that the restoration of features associated with healthiness via the way of gut microbiota modification could be one step needed to improve elderly patient care.
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- A.O. Afolayan
- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Chief Tony Anenih Geriatric Centre, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
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- Chief Tony Anenih Geriatric Centre, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
- Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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McGhee JJ, Rawson N, Bailey BA, Fernandez-Guerra A, Sisk-Hackworth L, Kelley ST. Meta-SourceTracker: application of Bayesian source tracking to shotgun metagenomics. PeerJ 2020; 8:e8783. [PMID: 32231882 PMCID: PMC7100590 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background Microbial source tracking methods are used to determine the origin of contaminating bacteria and other microorganisms, particularly in contaminated water systems. The Bayesian SourceTracker approach uses deep-sequencing marker gene libraries (16S ribosomal RNA) to determine the proportional contributions of bacteria from many potential source environments to a given sink environment simultaneously. Since its development, SourceTracker has been applied to an extensive diversity of studies, from beach contamination to human behavior. Methods Here, we demonstrate a novel application of SourceTracker to work with metagenomic datasets and tested this approach using sink samples from a study of coastal marine environments. Source environment metagenomes were obtained from metagenomics studies of gut, freshwater, marine, sand and soil environments. As part of this effort, we implemented features for determining the stability of source proportion estimates, including precision visualizations for performance optimization, and performed domain-specific source-tracking analyses (i.e., Bacteria, Archaea, Eukaryota and viruses). We also applied SourceTracker to metagenomic libraries generated from samples collected from the International Space Station (ISS). Results SourceTracker proved highly effective at predicting the composition of known sources using shotgun metagenomic libraries. In addition, we showed that different taxonomic domains sometimes presented highly divergent pictures of environmental source origins for both the coastal marine and ISS samples. These findings indicated that applying SourceTracker to separate domains may provide a deeper understanding of the microbial origins of complex, mixed-source environments, and further suggested that certain domains may be preferable for tracking specific sources of contamination.
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- Jordan J McGhee
- Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics Program, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States of America
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- Microbial Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany.,Current affiliation: Lundbeck Foundation GeoGenetics Centre, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States of America
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