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  • Environmental microbiology
  • Urban ecology
  • Freshwater ecology

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  • Urbanization significantly impacts aquatic ecosystems, altering water chemistry and hydrology.
  • Headwater streams are particularly sensitive to watershed land use, but their bacterial responses to urbanization remain understudied.
  • Understanding these impacts is crucial for managing freshwater resources.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effects of watershed urbanization on bacterial community composition in headwater stream water columns and sediments.
  • To differentiate the influence of watershed-scale versus reach-scale environmental conditions on these bacterial communities.
  • To identify specific bacterial taxa and network changes associated with urbanized streams.

Main Methods:

  • High-throughput 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing was used to analyze bacterial communities.
  • Water column and sediment samples were collected from headwater streams across an urbanization gradient (impervious cover).
  • Bacterial co-occurrence networks were constructed to compare microbial interactions in urban versus forested streams.

Main Results:

  • Bacterial community composition differed significantly between water column and sediment habitats.
  • Watershed impervious cover was a significant driver of bacterial community structure in both habitats.
  • Urban streams showed an increase in human-associated bacteria (e.g., Polynucleobacter, Gallionella) and a decrease in microbial network complexity.

Conclusions:

  • Urbanization significantly impacts headwater stream bacterial communities, with distinct responses in water column and sediment.
  • Watershed-scale urbanization is a key factor shaping these microbial communities.
  • Loss of microbial diversity and altered interactions in urban streams may have implications for ecosystem function.