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Plasmid-Host Networks Reveal Persistent Mobile Elements Across Wastewater Treatment.
| Τίτλος: | Plasmid-Host Networks Reveal Persistent Mobile Elements Across Wastewater Treatment. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Zhou S; Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA., Philo SE; Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA., Saldana MA; Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA., Vela JD; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA., Smith AL; Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA., Stadler LB; Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA. lauren.stadler@rice.edu. |
| Πηγή: | Nature communications [Nat Commun] 2026 Sep 07; Vol. 17 (1). Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Sep 07. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Nature Pub. Group Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101528555 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2041-1723 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 20411723 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Nat Commun Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: [London] : Nature Pub. Group |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Plasmids*/genetics , Wastewater*/microbiology , Interspersed Repetitive Sequences*/genetics , Water Purification*, Sewage/microbiology ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology ; Drug Resistance, Bacterial/genetics ; Host Specificity/genetics ; Bacteria/genetics ; Gene Transfer, Horizontal ; Metagenomics |
| Περίληψη: | Plasmids drive horizontal gene transfer and antimicrobial resistance spread in water resource recovery facilities, yet their in situ dynamics in complex microbial communities remain poorly characterized. We apply Hi-C metagenomics to resolve plasmid-host associations across influent, activated sludge, and effluent at three facilities. We identify 944 plasmid clusters with facility- and stage-specific distributions. Plasmid host range narrows from influent to effluent, indicating that treatment selectively constrains plasmid-host associations. Persistent plasmid clusters with detectable mobility markers show a trend toward broader, less modular host networks than those with no detected markers. Hi-C-supported antibiotic resistance gene associations highlight Burkholderiaceae and Rhodocyclaceae as prominent hosts of beta-lactam, tetracycline and sulfonamide resistance genes across facilities. These findings indicate that wastewater treatment narrows plasmid host range while maintaining dominant plasmid-carrying taxa and adaptive mobile elements, providing a framework for understanding plasmid persistence across treatment systems. (© 2026. The Author(s).) |
| Competing Interests: | Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests. |
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| Grant Information: | No. EEC-2133504 National Science Foundation (NSF); R21 AI190938 United States AI NIAID NIH HHS; W9132T-23-2-0002 United States Department of Defense | United States Army | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (US Army Corps of Engineers); R21AI190938 U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID); NAS Grant G10001728 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | National Academy of Sciences (NAS); W9132T-23-2-0002 United States Department of Defense | United States Army | US Army Corps of Engineers | Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center) |
| Substance Nomenclature: | 0 (Wastewater) 0 (Sewage) 0 (Anti-Bacterial Agents) |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20261007 Date Completed: 20261007 Latest Revision: 20261010 |
| Update Code: | 20261010 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC13646282 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-026-77447-7 |
| PMID: | 42844282 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |
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| DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-026-77447-7 |