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ArticleThe Journal of eukaryotic microbiology

A Pan-European Whole-Microbiome Study of Wastewater Influent: Prokaryotes, Protists, Fungi, and Metazoa.

Niklas Nett, Kenneth Dumack

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2 authors.

Niklas NettTerrestrial Ecology, Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7704-6813
Kenneth DumackAquatic Ecosystem Analyses, Institute for Integrated Natural Sciences, University of Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8798-0483

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) 556896378
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microbial communities entering wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) through untreated sewage represent an important interface between human, environmental, and treatment-associated microbiomes, yet our understanding of their biogeography remains poorly resolved, particularly for microbial eukaryotes. Using shotgun metagenomic time-series data from influent samples of seven WWTPs across a European latitudinal gradient, we analyzed the taxonomic composition and dynamics of bacteria, protists, fungi, and microscopic metazoa. Influent community composition varied with geographic location and season, with a pronounced north-south divergence driven by dominant taxa and stronger seasonal shifts observed at higher latitudes. Cross-domain associations were pervasive, suggesting that co-varying bacterial and eukaryotic components structure the incoming microbial pool. Our findings provide a pan-European baseline for whole-microbiome wastewater surveillance and highlight that influent communities differ regionally and seasonally. These patterns may be relevant for downstream treatment-stage microbiomes, but direct effects on reactor community assembly and treatment performance require targeted sampling across treatment stages.

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BacteriaEukaryotaFungiMicrobiotaWastewaterAnimalsEuropeSeasonsWastewaterbiogeographycommunity assemblylatitudinal gradientmicroeukaryoteswastewater treatmentWWTP

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PMID42695179
PMCPMC13543059

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