@article{NumbergerZoccaratoWoodhouseetal.2022,
  author    = {Numberger, Daniela and Zoccarato, Luca and Woodhouse, Jason Nicholas and Ganzert, Lars and Sauer, Sascha and Garc{\´i}a M{\´a}rquez, Jaime Ricardo and Domisch, Sami and Grossart, Hans-Peter and Greenwood, Alex},
  title     = {Urbanization promotes specific bacteria in freshwater microbiomes including potential pathogens},
  series = {The science of the total environment : an international journal for scientific research into the environment and its relationship with man},
  volume    = {845},
  journal   = {The science of the total environment : an international journal for scientific research into the environment and its relationship with man},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {0048-9697},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157321},
  pages     = {13},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Freshwater ecosystems are characterized by complex and highly dynamic microbial communities that are strongly structured by their local environment and biota. Accelerating urbanization and growing city populations detrimentally alter freshwater environments. To determine differences in freshwater microbial communities associated with urban-ization, full-length 16S rRNA gene PacBio sequencing was performed in a case study from surface waters and sedi-ments from a wastewater treatment plant, urban and rural lakes in the Berlin-Brandenburg region, Northeast Germany. Water samples exhibited highly habitat specific bacterial communities with multiple genera showing clear urban signatures. We identified potentially harmful bacterial groups associated with environmental parameters specific to urban habitats such as Alistipes, Escherichia/Shigella, Rickettsia and Streptococcus. We demonstrate that urban-ization alters natural microbial communities in lakes and, via simultaneous warming and eutrophication and creates favourable conditions that promote specific bacterial genera including potential pathogens. Our findings are evidence to suggest an increased potential for long-term health risk in urbanized waterbodies, at a time of rapidly expanding global urbanization. The results highlight the urgency for undertaking mitigation measures such as targeted lake restoration projects and sustainable water management efforts.},
  language  = {en}
}