Overview
- Peer-reviewed findings in the Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering profile whole microbial communities present in treated urban tap water.
- Sequencing revealed diverse bacteria and traces of antibiotic-resistance genes, including adeF and ermR associated with multidrug resistance.
- The dataset links India’s urban water metagenomes to global AMR surveillance to map resistance pathways before they reach clinical or agricultural settings.
- The team says metagenomics can identify thousands of species and potential resistance genes in a single run to support early-warning for AMR and water-borne threats.
- Results indicate temperature and distribution-system conditions shape treated-water microbiomes, and the approach would complement BIS-mandated chemical and culture-based testing.