02667nas a2200253   4500008004100000022001400041245013800055210006900193260000900262300001100271490000800282520178300290653002602073653001702099653002202116653002302138653002002161100002302181700001802204700001802222700002202240700001902262856013202281       2020                        eng d  a0147-651300aComprehensive metagenomic insights into a unique mass gathering and bathing event reveals transient influence on a riverine ecosystem0 aComprehensive metagenomic insights into a unique mass gathering   cOCT   a1109380 v2023 a<p>The religious mass gathering and bathing can pose a multitude of significant public health challenges and lead to severe alterations in the river microbial ecology. The Pandharpur Wari is an annual pilgrimage of Maharashtra, India, where millions of devotees carry the footprints of the saint-poets and pay their obeisance to Lord Vitthal on the 11th day of moon's waxing phase (Ashadi Ekadashi). As a part of the ritual, the engrossed devotees, walk over 250 km, take a first holy dip in a sacred river Indrayani at Alandi and secondly in Bhima River at Pandharpur. The MinION-based shotgun metagenomic approach was employed to examine the impact of spiritual mass bathing on environmental changes (concerning the river microbial community structure and functions); and public health aspects (in terms of changes in the pathogenic potential and antibiotic resistance). The analysis of bathing and post-bathing samples of both the rivers revealed alterations in the alpha and beta diversity, indicating significant spatiotemporal variations in the overall microbial structure and function. Furthermore, the analysis revealed up to 80% of differences in the abundance of virulence genes between the bathing and post bathing samples. We observed parallel increase of priority skin and enteric pathogens (ranging from 11% to 80%) such as Acinetobacter baumannii, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa during the bathing event. Moreover, we observed a significant increase in the antibiotic resistance in the bathing samples of Bhima and Indrayani rivers respectively. Altogether, this is the first comprehensive metagenomic study unravelling the influence of religious mass-bathing on the riverine ecosystem.</p>
10aAntibiotic resistance10aMass bathing10aMinION sequencing10aPriority pathogens10aVirulence genes1 aYadav, Rakeshkumar1 aRajput, Vinay1 aGohil, Kushal1 aKhairnar, Krishna1 aDharne, Mahesh  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/comprehensive-metagenomic-insights-unique-mass-gathering-and-bathing-event-reveals-transient02244nas a2200265   4500008004100000022001400041245014700055210006900202260000800271300001100279490000700290520137700297653001901674653001201693653001301705653001101718653001901729653001101748653001501759100001901774700001701793700002201810700001901832856012701851       2025                        eng d  a2213-292900aCharacterization of a novel Tequatrovirus phage from pristine stretch of the Ganges River, India, in reducing bacterial load from sewage water0 aCharacterization of a novel Tequatrovirus phage from pristine st  cJUN  a1163150 v133 a<p>
	Effective treatment of wastewater (WW) and its reuse is necessary to meet certain sustainable development goals and a circular economy. Escherichia coli is one of the primary contaminants in the WW, and its extra-intestinal occurrence poses a considerable threat under one health. This study is the first report of a novel broadspectrum phage (&amp; fcy;ERS-1) isolated from a pristine stretch of the Ganges River in the biocontrol of E. coli, resistant to 3rd-and 4th generation cephalosporins and aztreonam. This is the first report of a phage from the Tequatrovirus genus to infect P. aeruginosa. The &amp; fcy;ERS-1 could reduce the abundance of E. coli cells by 8.22 log10 CFU/mL &lt;= 24 hrs. Additionally, phi ERS-1 disrupted the biofilm of E. coli with a reduction of 3.88 log10 CFU/mL. Further, phi ERS-1 could inhibit biofilm by multiple strains of E. coli (ATCC 8739, 25922, 43888) and multiple generaincluding E. coli ATCC 8739, Shigella boydii ATCC 9207, P. aeruginosa (ATCC 9027). The phage phi ERS-1 reduced bacterial counts in raw WW by 2 log10 CFU/mL and 4 log10 CFU/mL reduction in coliform-enriched WW in &lt;= 24 hours. Overall, this study suggests that phi ERS-1 could be used as an effective alternative to be combined with other treatments for improving the quality of WW disposal and environmental health by reducing the bacterial load.</p>
10aAntibiofouling10aBiofilm10aColiform10aGanges10aGreen approach10aPhages10awastewater1 aSamson, Rachel1 aPawar, Ameya1 aKhairnar, Krishna1 aDharne, Mahesh  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/characterization-novel-tequatrovirus-phage-pristine-stretch-ganges-river-india-reducing