Megacities as Sources for Pathogenic Bacteria in Rivers and Their Fate Downstream
Poor sanitation, poor treatments of waste water, as well as catastrophic floods introduce pathogenic bacteria into rivers, infecting and killing many people. The goal of clean water for everyone has to be achieved with a still growing human population and their rapid concentration in large cities, o...
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| description | Poor sanitation, poor treatments of waste water, as well as catastrophic floods introduce pathogenic bacteria into rivers, infecting and killing many people. The goal of clean water for everyone has to be achieved with a still growing human population and their rapid concentration in large cities, often megacities. How long introduced pathogens survive in rivers and what their niches are remain poorly known but essential to control water-borne diseases in megacities. Biofilms are often niches for various pathogens because they possess high resistances against environmental stress. They also facilitate gene transfers of antibiotic resistance genes which become an increasing health problem. Beside biofilms, amoebae are carriers of pathogenic bacteria and niches for their survival. An overview about our current understanding of the fate and niches of pathogens in rivers, the multitude of microbial community interactions, and the impact of severe flooding, a prerequisite to control pathogens in polluted rivers, is given. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9e1b3c5237d8497c81b9147f1b9b133c2025-02-03T05:45:51ZengWileyInternational Journal of Microbiology1687-918X1687-91982011-01-01201110.1155/2011/798292798292Megacities as Sources for Pathogenic Bacteria in Rivers and Their Fate DownstreamWolf-Rainer Abraham0Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Chemical Microbiology, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, GermanyPoor sanitation, poor treatments of waste water, as well as catastrophic floods introduce pathogenic bacteria into rivers, infecting and killing many people. The goal of clean water for everyone has to be achieved with a still growing human population and their rapid concentration in large cities, often megacities. How long introduced pathogens survive in rivers and what their niches are remain poorly known but essential to control water-borne diseases in megacities. Biofilms are often niches for various pathogens because they possess high resistances against environmental stress. They also facilitate gene transfers of antibiotic resistance genes which become an increasing health problem. Beside biofilms, amoebae are carriers of pathogenic bacteria and niches for their survival. An overview about our current understanding of the fate and niches of pathogens in rivers, the multitude of microbial community interactions, and the impact of severe flooding, a prerequisite to control pathogens in polluted rivers, is given.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/798292 |
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| title | Megacities as Sources for Pathogenic Bacteria in Rivers and Their Fate Downstream |
| title_full | Megacities as Sources for Pathogenic Bacteria in Rivers and Their Fate Downstream |
| title_fullStr | Megacities as Sources for Pathogenic Bacteria in Rivers and Their Fate Downstream |
| title_full_unstemmed | Megacities as Sources for Pathogenic Bacteria in Rivers and Their Fate Downstream |
| title_short | Megacities as Sources for Pathogenic Bacteria in Rivers and Their Fate Downstream |
| title_sort | megacities as sources for pathogenic bacteria in rivers and their fate downstream |
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