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Antagonistic microbial interactions: Contributions and potential applications for controlling pathogens in the aquatic systems.
Front. Microbiol. 8, 2192 (2017)
Despite the active and intense treatment of wastewater, pathogenic microorganisms and viruses are frequently introduced into the aquatic environment. For most human pathogens, however, this is a rather hostile place, where starvation, continuous inactivation, and decay generally occur, rather than successful reproduction. Nevertheless, a great diversity of the pathogenic microorganisms can be detected, in particular, in the surface waters receiving wastewater. Pathogen survival depends majorly on abiotic factors such as irradiation, changes in water ionic strength, temperature, and redox state. In addition, inactivation is enhanced by the biotic interactions in the environment. Although knowledge of the antagonistic biotic interactions has been available since a long time, certain underlying processes and mechanisms still remain unclear. Others are well-appreciated and increasingly are applied to the present research. Our review compiles and discusses the presently known biotic interactions between autochthonous microbes and pathogens introduced into the aquatic environment, including protozoan grazing, virus-induced bacterial cell lysis, antimicrobial substances, and predatory bacteria. An overview is provided on the present knowledge, as well as on the obvious research gaps. Individual processes that appear promising for future applications in the aquatic environment are presented and discussed.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Review
Keywords
Pathogens ; Antimicrobial Substances ; Grazing ; Bacteriophages ; Balo ; Antagonistic Interactions ; Aquatic Environment; Cyanobacterium Microcystis-aeruginosa; Virus-sized Particles; Waste-water Treatment; Bdellovibrio-bacteriovorus; Phage Therapy; Fresh-water; Bacterial Pathogens; Enteric Viruses; Marine Viruses; Polysaccharide Depolymerase
ISSN (print) / ISBN
1664-302X
e-ISSN
1664-302X
Journal
Frontiers in Microbiology
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Volume: 8,
Pages: 2192
Publisher
Frontiers
Publishing Place
Lausanne
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Peer reviewed