Sampling vicinity of industrial settings for pathogens and gmo identification

A recent study in three Dutch cities examined various types of water, including natural surface waters, biotech-biomed rich effluents, and urban influent wastewater to assess the effect of highly-impacted anthropogenic points on the presence of DNA-sequences derived from potential harmful microorganisms. The research found that while surface waters showed low levels of contamination, certain genes from pathogenic bacteria and antibiotic-resistance genes were more prevalent in the biotech effluents and wastewater sources. This highlights the value of surveillance of DNA sequences in surface water as a tool for signaling potential human and environmental microbiological threats.