Confined aquifers as viral reservoirs

Smith, RJ; Jeffries, TC; Roudnew, B; Seymour, JR; Fitch, AJ; Simons, KL; Speck, PG; Newton, K; Brown, MH; Mitchell, JG

Confined aquifers as viral reservoirs

Smith, RJ Jeffries, TC

Roudnew, B Seymour, JR

Fitch, AJ Simons, KL Speck, PG Newton, K Brown, MH Mitchell, JG

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Environmental Microbiology Reports, 2013, 5 (5), pp. 725 - 730
Issue Date:: 2013-10-01

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dc.contributor.author	Smith, RJ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Jeffries, TC https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6479-0353	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Roudnew, B	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Seymour, JR https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3745-6541	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Fitch, AJ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Simons, KL	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Speck, PG	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Newton, K	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Brown, MH	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Mitchell, JG	en_US
dc.date.available	2013-05-15	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-10-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Environmental Microbiology Reports, 2013, 5 (5), pp. 725 - 730	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/26526
dc.description.abstract	Knowledge about viral diversity and abundance in deep groundwater reserves is limited. We found that the viral community inhabiting a deep confined aquifer in South Australia was more similar to reclaimed water communities than to the viral communities in the overlying unconfined aquifer community. This similarity was driven by high relative occurrence of the single-stranded DNA viral groups Circoviridae, Geminiviridae and Microviridae, which include many known plant and animal pathogens. These groups were present in a 1500-year-old water situated 80m below the surface, which suggests the potential for long-term survival and spread of potentially pathogenic viruses in deep, confined groundwater. Obtaining a broader understanding of potentially pathogenic viral communities within aquifers is particularly important given the ability of viruses to spread within groundwater ecosystems. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd and Society for Applied Microbiology.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Environmental Microbiology Reports	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/1758-2229.12072	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Microbiology	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Viruses	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Ecosystem	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Biodiversity	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Disease Reservoirs	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Phylogeny	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Molecular Sequence Data	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Groundwater	en_US
dc.title	Confined aquifers as viral reservoirs	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	5	en_US
utslib.for	0605 Microbiology	en_US
utslib.for	0602 Ecology	en_US
utslib.for	0603 Evolutionary Biology	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - C3 - Climate Change Cluster
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.issue	5	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	5	en_US

Abstract:

Knowledge about viral diversity and abundance in deep groundwater reserves is limited. We found that the viral community inhabiting a deep confined aquifer in South Australia was more similar to reclaimed water communities than to the viral communities in the overlying unconfined aquifer community. This similarity was driven by high relative occurrence of the single-stranded DNA viral groups Circoviridae, Geminiviridae and Microviridae, which include many known plant and animal pathogens. These groups were present in a 1500-year-old water situated 80m below the surface, which suggests the potential for long-term survival and spread of potentially pathogenic viruses in deep, confined groundwater. Obtaining a broader understanding of potentially pathogenic viral communities within aquifers is particularly important given the ability of viruses to spread within groundwater ecosystems. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd and Society for Applied Microbiology.

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