TY - JOUR
T1 - Metagenomics-based evaluation of groundwater microbial profiles in response to treated wastewater discharge
AU - Zaouri, Noor A.
AU - Jumat, Muhammad Raihan
AU - Cheema, Tariq
AU - Hong, Pei-Ying
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): BAS/1/1033-01-01
Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank Dr Moustapha Harb and Dhafer Alsaleh for assistance during the early sampling years. The authors would also like to thank Professor Tom Missimer and Mr. Mohammed AlRayaan for providing background information related to the hydrogeological characteristics of Wadi Fatimah. This study is funded by KAUST Baseline Grant BAS/1/1033-01-01 awarded to P.-Y. Hong.
PY - 2019/10/18
Y1 - 2019/10/18
N2 - This study aims to demonstrate the use of metagenomics to assess groundwater quality. Metagenomics revealed a lower alpha diversity for both bacteria and virus in wastewater-exposed groundwater compared to the upstream controls. An increase in the relative abundance of Planctomycetes and Picornaviridae was also observed in wastewater-exposed groundwater. However, comparison of antibiotic resistome cannot clearly differentiate wastewater-exposed groundwater from control. Findings suggest that metagenomics can detect selected microbial signatures indicative of treated wastewater discharge.
AB - This study aims to demonstrate the use of metagenomics to assess groundwater quality. Metagenomics revealed a lower alpha diversity for both bacteria and virus in wastewater-exposed groundwater compared to the upstream controls. An increase in the relative abundance of Planctomycetes and Picornaviridae was also observed in wastewater-exposed groundwater. However, comparison of antibiotic resistome cannot clearly differentiate wastewater-exposed groundwater from control. Findings suggest that metagenomics can detect selected microbial signatures indicative of treated wastewater discharge.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/660063
UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0013935119306322
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85073688855&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.envres.2019.108835
DO - 10.1016/j.envres.2019.108835
M3 - Article
C2 - 31655333
SN - 0013-9351
VL - 180
SP - 108835
JO - Environmental Research
JF - Environmental Research
ER -