Microbiome response in an urban river system is dominated by seasonality over wastewater treatment upgrades.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Microorganisms such as coliform-forming bacteria are commonly used to assess freshwater quality for drinking and recreational use. However, such organisms do not exist in isolation; they exist within the context of dynamic, interactive microbial communities which vary through space and time. Elucidating spatiotemporal microbial dynamics is imperative for discriminating robust community changes from ephemeral ecological trends, and for improving our overall understanding of the relationship between microbial communities and ecosystem health. We conducted a seven-year (2013-2019) microbial time-series investigation in the Chicago Area Waterways (CAWS): an urban river system which, in 2016, experienced substantial upgrades to disinfection processes at two wastewater reclama

SUBMITTER: Kodera SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9938989 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature