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ArticlePloS one2018

Variability in metagenomic samples from the Puget Sound: Relationship to temporal and anthropogenic impacts.

James C Wallace, Jessica E Youngblood, Jesse A Port, Alison C Cullen, Marissa N Smith, Tomomi Workman, Elaine M Faustman

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Article in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

James C WallaceDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
Jessica E YoungbloodEnvironmental Toxicology, Amec Foster Wheeler, Lynnwood, Washington, United States of America.
Jesse A PortCenter for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University, Monterey, California, United States of America.
Alison C CullenDaniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
Marissa N SmithDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
Tomomi WorkmanDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
Elaine M FaustmanDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-3085-6403
University of Washington · USAmec Foster Wheeler (United States) · USStanford University · US

Funding

XENOBIOTIC BIOTRANSFORMATION AND DISPOSITIONP30ES007033 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI ALI SHOJAIE · 1995 to 2026
$42.5M
Toxic AlgaeP50ES012762 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI FAUSTMAN, ELAINE M · 2004 to 2009
$2.6M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES007033NIEHS NIH HHS P50 ES012762
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Whole-metagenome sequencing (WMS) has emerged as a powerful tool to assess potential public health risks in marine environments by measuring changes in microbial community structure and function in uncultured bacteria. In addition to monitoring public health risks such as antibiotic resistance determinants, it is essential to measure predictors of microbial variation in order to identify natural versus anthropogenic factors as well as to evaluate reproducibility of metagenomic measurements.This study expands our previous metagenomic characterization of Puget Sound by sampling new nearshore environments including the Duwamish River, an EPA superfund site, and the Hood Canal, an area characterized by highly variable oxygen levels. We also resampled a wastewater treatment plant, nearshore and open ocean sites introducing a longitudinal component measuring seasonal and locational variations and establishing metagenomics sampling reproducibility. Microbial composition from samples collected in the open sound were highly similar within the same season and location across different years, while nearshore samples revealed multi-fold seasonal variation in microbial composition and diversity. Comparisons with recently sequenced predominant marine bacterial genomes helped provide much greater species level taxonomic detail compared to our previous study. Antibiotic resistance determinants and pollution and detoxification indicators largely grouped by location showing minor seasonal differences. Metal resistance, oxidative stress and detoxification systems showed no increase in samples proximal to an EPA superfund site indicating a lack of ecosystem adaptation to anthropogenic impacts. Taxonomic analysis of common sewage influent families showed a surprising similarity between wastewater treatment plant and open sound samples suggesting a low-level but pervasive sewage influent signature in Puget Sound surface waters. Our study shows reproducibility of metagenomic data sampling in multiple Puget Sound locations while establishing baseline measurements of antibiotic resistance determinants, pollution and detoxification systems. Combining seasonal and longitudinal data across these locations provides a foundation for evaluating variation in future studies.

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EcosystemMetagenomicsSeawaterDrug Resistance, MicrobialEnvironmental MonitoringReproducibility of ResultsSeasonsSewageWater MicrobiologySewage

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