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Comparative metagenome of a stream impacted by the urbanization phenomenon.


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.

SUBMITTER: Medeiros JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5052392 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct - Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Comparative metagenome of a stream impacted by the urbanization phenomenon.

Medeiros Julliane Dutra JD   Cantão Maurício Egídio ME   Cesar Dionéia Evangelista DE   Nicolás Marisa Fabiana MF   Diniz Cláudio Galuppo CG   Silva Vânia Lúcia VL   Vasconcelos Ana Tereza Ribeiro de AT   Coelho Cíntia Marques CM  

Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] 20160704 4


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 prese  ...[more]

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