Monitoring Microbial Populations and Antibiotic Resistance Gene Enrichment Associated with Arctic Waste Stabilization Ponds

Given that the microbial communities of Arctic waste stabilization ponds (WSPs) are poorly studied to date, our characterization of multiple WSP systems and time points provides important baseline data that will assist with ongoing monitoring of effluent impacts on downstream aquatic ecosystems in t...

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Published in:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Main Authors: Gromala, Monica, Neufeld, Josh D., McConkey, Brendan J.
Other Authors: Liu, Shuang-Jiang, Polar Knowledge Canada
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2021
Subjects:
Arctic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.02914-20
https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.02914-20
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Summary:Given that the microbial communities of Arctic waste stabilization ponds (WSPs) are poorly studied to date, our characterization of multiple WSP systems and time points provides important baseline data that will assist with ongoing monitoring of effluent impacts on downstream aquatic ecosystems in the Arctic. This research also identifies indicator amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) of WSPs that will be helpful for future monitoring for WSP effluent attenuation and demonstrates that WSP microbial communities are enriched in antibiotic resistance genes.

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