Water Treatment and Disinfection

Drinking water treatment drastically modifies multi-kingdom water communities, but clinically relevant opportunistic bacterial pathogens persist

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.

From short-lived to persistent: The significance of extracellular RNA in disinfected drinking water microbiomes

This study identifies key adaptive features in disinfected drinking water microbiomes using extracellular RNA as a reference, highlighting energy efficiency and antibiotic resistance.

Rapid and Complete Inactivation of Enveloped Viruses by Electrochemical Disinfection: Unraveling the Contribution of Reactive Chlorine Species

This study evaluates the inactivation of enveloped viruses using electrochemical disinfection, finding reactive chlorine species are key to rapid and complete viral inactivation.

Statistical framework for assessing heterogeneous sensitivity of viruses to ultraviolet, ozone, and free chlorine

The paper proposes a statistical framework to quantify variation in virus sensitivity to disinfectants across species using Bayesian methods and disinfection data.

Impact of flushing procedures on drinking water biostability and invasion susceptibility in distribution systems

This study evaluates how flushing procedures with and without chlorination affect microbial stability and invasion susceptibility in drinking water distribution systems.

Impacts of Disinfection Methods in a Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) Treatment System on Disinfected Drinking Water Toxicity and Antibiotic Resistance Induction Potential

This study evaluates the toxicity and antibiotic resistance induction potential of drinking water treated with different disinfection methods, finding that GAC/Cl2 reduces toxicity more effectively than Cl2/NH2Cl under environmental halogen conditions.

New drinking water genome catalog identifies a globally distributed bacterial genus adapted to disinfected drinking water systems.

The paper creates a drinking water genome catalog and identifies a widespread bacterial genus in disinfected systems, showing its adaptation to chlorinated environments.