Pohl, Nina ORCID: 0000-0003-0349-0351, Solbach, Marcel Dominik ORCID: 0000-0001-7073-7428 and Dumack, Kenneth ORCID: 0000-0001-8798-0483 (2021). The wastewater protist Rhogostoma minus (Thecofilosea, Rhizaria) is abundant, widespread, and hosts Legionellales. Water Res., 203. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. ISSN 1879-2448

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Abstract

Wastewater is treated by concerted actions of the microbial communities within bioreactors. Although protists (unicellular eukaryotes) are good bioindicators and important players influencing denitrification, nitrification, and flocculation, they are the least known organisms in WWTPs. The few recent environmental surveys of the protistan diversity in WWTPs show that the most abundant protistan sequences in WWTPs belong to Thecofilosea (Rhizaria). We re-investigated previously published environmental sequencing data and gathered strains from seven WWTPs to determine which species dominate WWTPs worldwide. We found that all highly abundant thecofilosean sequences represent a single species - Rhogostoma minus. Considering that Thecofilosea are frequent hosts for Legionellales, i.e. bacteria linked to waterborne diseases, we confirm that Rhogostoma minus functions as a host for Legionellales in WWTPs. Whether the highly abundant Rhogostoma minus also serves as a host for known human pathogenic Legionellales requires further attention.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Pohl, NinaUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0003-0349-0351UNSPECIFIED
Solbach, Marcel DominikUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0001-7073-7428UNSPECIFIED
Dumack, KennethUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0001-8798-0483UNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-562171
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117566
Journal or Publication Title: Water Res.
Volume: 203
Date: 2021
Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Place of Publication: OXFORD
ISSN: 1879-2448
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
TREATMENT PLANTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; COXIELLA-BURNETII; SLUDGE PRODUCTION; Q-FEVER; SP-NOV; PROTOZOA; CERCOZOA; PROTEOBACTERIA; COMMUNITIESMultiple languages
Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences; Water ResourcesMultiple languages
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/56217

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