Global untreated wastewater hosts a vast reservoir of previously uncharacterized microbial lineages
Nelson Ruth, Daryl Domman, Brett Youtsey, Po‐E Li, Andrew Hatch, Patrick Chain, Migun Shakya
The paper characterizes global untreated wastewater microbial diversity using 1,344 metagenomes, revealing uncharacterized microbes and creating a public database for future research.
bioRxiv · Jul 30, 2026 · PreprintGenomics