Bottled aqua incognita: microbiota assembly and dissolved organic matter diversity in natural mineral waters

Abstract Background Non-carbonated natural mineral waters contain microorganisms that regularly grow after bottling despite low concentrations of dissolved organic matter (DOM). Yet, the compositions of bottled water microbiota and organic substrates that fuel microbial activity, and how both change...

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Main Authors: Celine C. Lesaulnier, Craig W. Herbold, Claus Pelikan, David Berry, Cédric Gérard, Xavier Le Coz, Sophie Gagnot, Jutta Niggemann, Thorsten Dittmar, Gabriel A. Singer, Alexander Loy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:Microbiome
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-017-0344-9