Next-generation sequencing (NGS) for assessment of microbial water quality : current progress, challenges, and future opportunities

• Main Authors: Tan, BoonFei, Ng, Charmaine, Nshimyimana, Jean Pierre, Loh, Lay Leng, Gin, Karina Y.-H., Thompson, Janelle R.
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Next-generationsequencing; Waterquality; Fecalindicator; Antibioticresistance; Harmfulalgalbloom; Biodegradation; Sewage
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80959; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39025
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Water quality is an emergent property of a complex system comprised of interacting microbial populations and introduced microbial and chemical contaminants. Studies leveraging next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies are providing new insights into the ecology of microbially mediated processes...