2020
Zero-Valent Iron Sand Filtration Can Reduce Human and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria While Increasing Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria in Reclaimed Water
Kulkarni P, Olson N, Bui A, Bradshaw R, Del Collo L, Hittle L, Handy E, Paulson J, Ghurye J, Nasko D, East C, Van Kessel J, Kniel K, Chiu P, Mongodin E, Pop M, Sharma M, Sapkota A. Zero-Valent Iron Sand Filtration Can Reduce Human and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria While Increasing Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria in Reclaimed Water. Frontiers In Environmental Science 2020, 8: 541921. DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2020.541921.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProportion of open reading framesNitrogen-fixing bacterial generaZVI-sand filtrationPlant pathogenic genusPlant growth-promoting bacteriaPlant pathogenic bacteriaRRNA gene sequencesOpen reading frameMetagenomic shotgun sequencingExploratory functional analysisAntimicrobial susceptibility testingGrowth-promoting bacteriaBacterial community structureTetracycline-resistant E. coliReclaimed waterOxidative stress responseShotgun sequencingReading frameZVI-sandGene sequencesBacterial generaPathogenic generaBacterial communitiesIron-rich environmentsPromoting bacteria
2018
Conventional wastewater treatment and reuse site practices modify bacterial community structure but do not eliminate some opportunistic pathogens in reclaimed water
Kulkarni P, Olson N, Paulson J, Pop M, Maddox C, Claye E, Goldstein R, Sharma M, Gibbs S, Mongodin E, Sapkota A. Conventional wastewater treatment and reuse site practices modify bacterial community structure but do not eliminate some opportunistic pathogens in reclaimed water. The Science Of The Total Environment 2018, 639: 1126-1137. PMID: 29929281, PMCID: PMC8290890, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWastewater treatment plantsTreatment plantsWastewater treatmentSpray irrigation siteMunicipal wastewater treatment plantU.S. wastewater treatment plantsConventional wastewater treatmentReclaimed waterIrrigated sitesCommunity structureBacterial communitiesFuture treatment technologiesOpen-air storageOn-site treatmentTreatment technologiesAlpha diversity of bacterial communitiesUltraviolet treatmentOperational taxonomic unitsRRNA gene sequencesInfluentBacterial community structureSprayWastewaterPumphouseWater recycling