Functional Analysis of a Polluted River Microbiome Reveals a Metabolic Potential for Bioremediation.

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study is to understand the functional and metabolic potential of the microbial communities along the Apatlaco River and highlight activities related to bioremediation and its relationship with the Apatlaco's pollutants, to enhance future design of more accurate bioremediation processes. Water samples were collected at four sampling sites along the Apatlaco River (S1-S4) and a whole metagenome shotgun sequencing was performed to survey and understand the microbial metabolic functions with potential for bioremediation. A HMMER search was used to detect sequence homologs related to polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polystyrene biodegradation, along with bacterial metal tolerance in Apatlaco River metagenomes. Our results suggest that pollution is a selective pressure

SUBMITTER: Breton-Deval L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7232204 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature