ReviewCurrent opinion in biotechnology2019
The unexpected habitat in sewer pipes for the propagation of microbial communities and their imprint on urban waters.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 109 citations in OpenAlex.
- One Health and Global Health View of Antimicrobial Susceptibility through the "Eye" of Aeromonas: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of antimicrobial agents · 2023Pooled it
- Environmental reservoirs account for high levels of carbapenem resistance genes in wastewater.Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Culture, qPCR, and genome-based surveillance ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Linking wet-lab and genomic approaches for reliable detection of carbapenemase-producingFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Relating antimicrobial use to wastewater resistance gene patterns via metagenomic analysis of two neighboring treatment plants circa the COVID-19 pandemic.npj antimicrobials and resistance · 2025Article
- Sewer microbiomes shape microbial community composition and dynamics of wastewater treatment plants.The ISME journal · 2025Article
- Early Introductions of Candida auris Detected by Wastewater Surveillance, Utah, USA, 2022-2023.Emerging infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Advancing Source Tracking: Systematic Review and Source-Specific Genome Database Curation of Fecally Shed Prokaryotes.Environmental science & technology letters · 2024Article
- Time-series sewage metagenomics distinguishes seasonal, human-derived and environmental microbial communities potentially allowing source-attributed surveillance.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Microbial core communities in activated sludge plants are strongly affected by immigration and geography.Environmental microbiome · 2024Article
- Development of anFrontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Amplicon-guided isolation and cultivation of previously uncultured microbial species from activated sludge.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2023Article
- Environmental Biofilms from an Urban Community in Salvador, Brazil, Shelter Previously Uncharacterized Saprophytic Leptospira.Microbial ecology · 2023Article
- The role of microorganisms in the biotransformation of psychoactive substances and its forensic relevance: a critical interdisciplinary review.Forensic sciences research · 2023Review
- Cellular RNA levels define heterotrophic substrate-uptake rate sub-guilds in activated sludge microbial communities.Interface focus · 2023Article
- Scientific novelty beyond the experiment.Microbial biotechnology · 2023Article
- Toward an intensive understanding of sewer sediment prokaryotic community assembly and function.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
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- A Metagenomic Investigation of Spatial and Temporal Changes in Sewage Microbiomes across a University Campus.mSystems · 2022Article
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Abstract
Modern urban sewer pipe infrastructure is a unique niche where microbes can thrive. Arcobacter, Acinetobacter, Aeromonas, and Trichococcus are among the organisms that dominate the microbial community of sewage influent, but are not major members of human fecal microbiome, drinking water, or groundwater. Pipe resident communities in untreated sewage are distinct from sewer biofilm communities. Because of their high biomass, these organisms likely have a role in biotransformation of waste during conveyance and could represent an important inoculum for treatment plants. Studies demonstrate stormwater systems act as direct conduits for sewage to surface waters, releasing organisms propagated in sewer pipes. Frequent occurrence of these pipe residents, in particular Arcobacter, demonstrates the extent that urban infrastructure impacts rivers, lakes, and urban coasts worldwide.
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