MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Drinking water treatment drastically modifies multi-kingdom water communities, but clinically relevant opportunistic bacterial pathogens persist
Pierre Foucault, Ana Elena Pérez‐Cobas, Madalina ABABII…·Laura Gómez-Valero
The paper analyzes how water treatment affects microbial communities and opportunistic pathogens in two water sources, finding that treatment processes can enrich specific taxa despite reducing bacterial loads.
DOI 10.64898/2026.09.16.751965