Down the drain: exploring wastewater’s role in coastal microbiome transformations
Our findings highlight the capacity of coastal microbiomes to withstand wastewater discharge, with critical implications for assessment of anthropogenic perturbations in coastal ecosystems. However, wastewater-driven changes in metabolic functions and niche utilization within the autochthonous microbial community, impacting phosphorus cycling and potentially affecting carbon cycling, may have long-term consequences for ecosystem functioning. Video Abstract.
Authors
- Neža Orel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5939-7258)
- Katja Klun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6111-1650)
- Leila Afjehi-Sadat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6355-8077)
- Tinkara Tinta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6740-8973)
- Eduard Fadeev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2289-2949)
- Gerhard J. Herndl
- Mauro Celussi
- Valentina Turk
Institutions
- University of Vienna (AT)
- Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NL)
- National Institute of Biology (SI)
- National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Microbiome
- Published
- 2025-12-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-025-02298-1
- Primary Topic
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00