IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4857: Detectable Levels of Bacterial Pathogens in the Rivers of the Lake Chaohu Basin, China
In this study, we investigated the bacterial pathogen community in 88 sites at rivers around Lake Chaohu Basin, China, using Illumina miseq sequencing. The results showed that three opportunistic pathogens: Acinetobacter, Massilia, and Brevundimonas, were the three abundant bacterial genera in all samples, and had a relative abundance of 0.33 to 49.28% (average 8.80%), 0.06 to 25.4% (average 4.6%), 0.01 to 12.82% (average 2.6%) of all bacterial sequences, respectively. Our results indicated that a high abundance of opportunistic pathogens was observed in the rivers of the Lake Chaohu Basin, and that effective treatment and monitoring of sewage entering into rivers should be further strengthened.
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - Category: Environmental Health Authors: Keqiang Shao Xin Yao Guijuan Xie Yuanyuan Wu Yang Hu Xiangming Tang Guang Gao Tags: Communication Source Type: research
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