Bacterial community responses to micropollutants in chemically stressed small rivers in Kenya using environmental DNA.

ABSTRACT: The responses of bacterial communities to changing environmental conditions are manifold but can include structural as well as functional alterations depending on the environmental stressors and toxic chemicals they are exposed to (e.g. pharmaceuticals, personal care products, pesticides, and industrial chemicals). In this study, environmental DNA was extracted from surface water samples collected from four small rivers in the Lake Victoria South Basin (Western Kenya) to (i) evaluate whether alpha- and beta-diversity change in dependency of land-use types, (ii) identify the environmental variables that explain alterations in community structure, (iii) qualitatively and quantitatively assess the consequences of antimicrobial stress on bacterial communities, and (iv) evaluate bacterial funct

SUBMITTER: Verbucheln N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12598650 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature