Bacterial composition in Swedish raw drinking water reveals three major interacting ubiquitous metacommunities

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BACKGROUND: Surface raw water used as a source for drinking water production is a critical resource, sensitive to contamination. We conducted a study on Swedish raw water sources, aiming to identify mutually co-occurring metacommunities of bacteria, and environmental factors driving such patterns.

METHODS: The water sources were different regarding nutrient composition, water quality, and climate characteristics, and displayed various degrees of anthropogenic impact. Water inlet samples were collected at six drinking water treatment plants over 3 years, totaling 230 samples. The bacterial communities of DNA sequenced samples (n = 175), obtained by 16S metabarcoding, were analyzed using a joint model for taxa abundance.

RESULTS: Two major groups of well-defined metacommunities of microorganisms were identified, in addition to a third, less distinct, and taxonomically more diverse group. These three metacommunities showed various associations to the measured environmental data. Predictions for the well-defined metacommunities revealed differing sets of favored metabolic pathways and life strategies. In one community, taxa with methanogenic metabolism were common, while a second community was dominated by taxa with carbohydrate and lipid-focused metabolism.

CONCLUSION: The identification of ubiquitous persistent co-occurring bacterial metacommunities in freshwater habitats could potentially facilitate microbial source tracking analysis of contamination issues in freshwater sources.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

MicrobiologyOpen - 11(2022), 5 vom: 17. Okt., Seite e1320

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Brindefalk, Björn [VerfasserIn]
Brolin, Harald [VerfasserIn]
Säve-Söderbergh, Melle [VerfasserIn]
Karlsson, Edvin [VerfasserIn]
Sundell, David [VerfasserIn]
Wikström, Per [VerfasserIn]
Jacobsson, Karin [VerfasserIn]
Toljander, Jonas [VerfasserIn]
Stenberg, Per [VerfasserIn]
Sjödin, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Dryselius, Rikard [VerfasserIn]
Forsman, Mats [VerfasserIn]
Ahlinder, Jon [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

16S rRNA
Anthropogenic effects
Bacterial community analysis
Biotic interactions
Drinking Water
Generalized linear latent variable model
Journal Article
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 01.11.2022

Date Revised 15.12.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/mbo3.1320

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM348289979