Health and safety: the use of metagenomics approach to study the spectrum of water microbiodata towards ensuring the post-flood pathogen-free water sources
Recent massive flood in kelantan lead to contamination of water supply to the public. The magnitude of of the contamination is very difficult to be measured by the conventional coliform count method. We used a metagenomic approach to estimate the burden of microbiological contamination of the wate...
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Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia
2017
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/52349/1/DR.%20SITI%20SURAIYA%20BT.%20MD%20NOOR-OCR.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/52349/ |
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| Summary: | Recent massive flood in kelantan lead to contamination of water supply to the public. The magnitude of of the
contamination is very difficult to be measured by the conventional coliform count method. We used a metagenomic
approach to estimate the burden of microbiological contamination of the water following the massive flood. The water
sampled during the massive blood and 6 months after the incidence extracted, analysed and compared. The results
showed that eventhough Pseudomas predominates the entire microorganisms population during flood and non flood
water, there are few pathogenic organisms that really need special attention.
The metagenomics approached is very usefull as it provide the full spectrum of the diversity of the organisms presents
in the sampled water.
The evidence is solid and have a very high value both to the community and also to the scientist. |
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