Metagenomic Characterization of Microbial Pollutants and Antibiotic- and Metal-Resistance Genes in Sediments from the Canals of Venice
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Site
2.2. Sampling Activities
2.3. DNA Extraction and Shotgun Metagenomic Sequencing
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Prokaryotic Diversity and Community Composition
3.2. Microbial Pollutants
3.3. Antibiotic- and Heavy Metal-Resistance Genes
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Site | Richness | Inverse Simpson | G50 | G95 |
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S1 | 850 | 56.2 | 42 | 421 |
S2 | 770 | 158 | 57 | 423 |
S3 | 797 | 148 | 57 | 427 |
S4 | 707 | 143 | 53 | 398 |
S5 | 798 | 111 | 56 | 415 |
S6 | 759 | 156 | 56 | 404 |
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Curran, J.F.; Zaggia, L.; Quero, G.M. Metagenomic Characterization of Microbial Pollutants and Antibiotic- and Metal-Resistance Genes in Sediments from the Canals of Venice. Water 2022, 14, 1161. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14071161
Curran JF, Zaggia L, Quero GM. Metagenomic Characterization of Microbial Pollutants and Antibiotic- and Metal-Resistance Genes in Sediments from the Canals of Venice. Water. 2022; 14(7):1161. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14071161
Chicago/Turabian StyleCurran, James F., Luca Zaggia, and Grazia Marina Quero. 2022. "Metagenomic Characterization of Microbial Pollutants and Antibiotic- and Metal-Resistance Genes in Sediments from the Canals of Venice" Water 14, no. 7: 1161. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14071161