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Provedor de dados: | Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
País: | Brazil
Título: | Comparative metagenome of a stream impacted by the urbanization phenomenon
Autores: | Medeiros,Julliane Dutra; Cantão,Maurício Egídio; Cesar,Dionéia Evangelista; Nicolás,Marisa Fabiana; Diniz,Cláudio Galuppo; Silva,Vânia Lúcia; Vasconcelos,Ana Tereza Ribeiro de; Coelho,Cíntia Marques.
Data: | 2016-12-01
Ano: | 2016
Palavras-chave: | Aquatic environment; Urbanization; Microbial community; Metagenomic.
Resumo: | Abstract Rivers and streams are important reservoirs of freshwater for human consumption. These ecosystems are threatened by increasing urbanization, because raw sewage discharged into them alters their nutrient content and may affect the composition of their microbial community. In the present study, we investigate the taxonomic and functional profile of the microbial community in an urban lotic environment. Samples of running water were collected at two points in the São Pedro stream: an upstream preserved and non-urbanized area, and a polluted urbanized area with discharged sewage. The metagenomic DNA was sequenced by pyrosequencing. Differences were observed in the community composition at the two sites. The non-urbanized area was overrepresented by genera of ubiquitous microbes that act in the maintenance of environments. In contrast, the urbanized metagenome was rich in genera pathogenic to humans. The functional profile indicated that the microbes act on the metabolism of methane, nitrogen and sulfur, especially in the urbanized area. It was also found that virulence/defense (antibiotic resistance and metal resistance) and stress response-related genes were disseminated in the urbanized environment. The structure of the microbial community was altered by uncontrolled anthropic interference, highlighting the selective pressure imposed by high loads of urban sewage discharged into freshwater environments.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822016000400835
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
Relação: | 10.1016/j.bjm.2016.06.011
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Microbiology  v.47 n.4 2016
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess