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ArticleScientific reports2024

Distribution of host-specific Bacteriodales marker genes in water sources of selected rural areas of Vhembe District, South Africa.

Barbara Mogane, Leonard Owino Kachienga, Ilunga Kamika, Renay Ngobeni-Nyambi, Maggy Ndombo Benteke Momba

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Barbara MoganeDepartment of Environmental, Water and Earth Sciences, Arcadia Campus, Tshwane University of Technology, 175 Nelson Mandela Avenue, Arcadia, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa.
Leonard Owino KachiengaDepartment of Environmental, Water and Earth Sciences, Arcadia Campus, Tshwane University of Technology, 175 Nelson Mandela Avenue, Arcadia, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa.
Ilunga KamikaDepartment of Environmental Sciences, School of Environmental Science, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Florida Campus, University of South Africa, Florida, Roodepoort, 1710, South Africa.
Renay Ngobeni-NyambiDepartment of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag, X1, Mitieland, 7602, South Africa.
Maggy Ndombo Benteke MombaDepartment of Environmental, Water and Earth Sciences, Arcadia Campus, Tshwane University of Technology, 175 Nelson Mandela Avenue, Arcadia, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa. momba1958@gmail.com.

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Access to safe drinking water sources and appropriate sanitation facilities remains a dream in low and middle-income countries including South Africa. This study identified the origin of faecal pollution by using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) targeting host-specific Bacteroidales genetic markers to track the distribution of human-specific (BacHum) and animal-specific (cattle-BacCow, chicken-Cytb, pig-Pig-2-Bac, dog-BacCan) markers in water sources used by rural communities of the Vhembe District Municipality (VDM). Results revealed the prevalence of BacHum, BacCow, and BacCan in all surface water sources in Thulamela Local Municipality (TLM) and Collins Chabane Local Municipality (CLM) during wet (100%) and dry seasons (50-75%). Cytb was not detected in untreated spring water in TLM and CLM, and Pig-2-Bac was not detected in untreated hand-dug well water in TLM during both seasons. Household-level analysis detected Cytb (28.8% wet, 17.5% dry), BacHum (34.4% wet, 25% dry for Pig-2-Bac) in stored untreated spring water in CLM, and Cytb (42.9% wet, 28.5% dry) in untreated hand-dug well water in TLM. Despite differences in detection frequencies of host-specific Bacteroidales, the study highlights the public health concern of faecal pollution in rural VDM households.

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Rural PopulationAnimalsBacteroidetesCattleChickensDogsDrinking WaterFecesGenetic MarkersHumansSeasonsSouth AfricaSwineWater MicrobiologyWater SupplyDrinking WaterGenetic MarkersDrinking waterFaecal pollutionHost specific BacteroidalesRural communitiesWater sources

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