用四个生物信息工作流程处理的全长16S rRNA和非向RNA测序数据的专家可靠性分析来识别废水中的潜在细菌病原体
Pankaj Bhatt1, Yabing Li1, John W Norton2
1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Water research
|September 3, 2025
概括
使用DNA和RNA方法的废水监测有效地识别细菌病原体,加强公共卫生监测. 结合RNA-Kraken2和DNA-Kraken2为与疾病相关的细菌提供了优越的分类分辨率.
科学领域:
- 环境微生物学
- 公共卫生监督
- 分子诊断
背景情况:
- 市政废水作为监测排泄细菌的有价值的社区复合样本.
- 了解废水中的微生物多样性和公共卫生风险对于预防疾病至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 将DNA (全长16SrRNA) 和非向RNA测序方法与各种生物信息协议集成.
- 识别废水中的潜在人类细菌病原体,并评估不同监测和分析方法的有效性.
主要方法:
- 使用全长16S rRNA基因测序和非目标RNA测序.
- 使用了四个生物信息工作流:DNA-Kraken2,DNA-QIIME2,RNA-DIAMOND和RNA-Kraken2.
- 进行专家可靠性排名以评估分类解决方案.
主要成果:
- DNA监测发现大约50%的病原细菌;RNA监测发现大约33%.
- 生物信息工作流程检测到70至319种人类致病细菌.
- 在底特律的废水中发现了889种潜在的致病物种;Acinetobacter,Klebsiella,Streptococcus和Flavobacterium被普遍识别.
- RNA-Kraken2和DNA-Kraken2的组合提供了增强的分类分辨率.
结论:
- 整合DNA和RNA监测提供了一个强大的框架来检测和监测废水中的细菌病原体.
- 这种多相方法改善了基于废水的流行病学,有助于改善公共卫生准备和病原体追踪.
- 这项研究确定了像Acinetobacter,Klebsiella,Streptococcus和Flavobacterium这样的关键基因在废水中的重要潜在病原体.
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