Chlamydiae have been known for more than a century as major pathogens of humans. Yet
they are also found ubiquitously in the environment where they thrive within protists and in …

Opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens (OPPP) are microorganisms that are native to
the plumbing environment and that present an emerging infectious disease problem. They …

Shower hoses offer an excellent bacterial growth environment in close proximity to a critical
end-user exposure route within building drinking water plumbing. However, the health risks …

In reality, most microorganisms are not free floating. They exist in biofilms, a community of
many of them from the same species or from other genera and attached to surfaces …

During the long history of co-evolution with protists, bacteria have evolved defense
strategies to avoid grazing and survive phagocytosis. These mechanisms allow bacteria to …

Legionella pneumophila is an opportunistic waterborne pathogen of public health concern. It
is the causative agent of Legionnaires' disease (LD) and Pontiac fever and is ubiquitous in …

Most of Earth's bacteria have yet to be cultivated. The metabolic and functional potentials of
these uncultivated microorganisms thus remain mysterious, and the metagenome …

Heavy rainfall is associated with increased risk of waterborne disease. However, it is not
known whether the risk increment differs between wet and dry regions. We examined this …

Plastic film mulch (PFM) is effective to save soil water and increase temperature and
consequently, to increase crop yield. Therefore, PFM has become one of the most widely …

While microbes are known to be present at different stages of a drinking water system, their
potential functions and ability to grow in such systems are poorly understood. In this study …