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Title: | Evaluation of a virus concentration method based on ultrafiltration and wet foam elution for studying viruses from large-volume water samples |
Author: | Forés, Eva Rusiñol, Marta Itarte, Marta Martínez-Puchol, Sandra Calvo, Miquel Bofill Mas, Silvia |
Keywords: | Adenovirus Ultrafiltració Aigua Microbiologia aquàtica Virus Adenoviruses Ultrafiltration Water Water microbiology Viruses |
Issue Date: | 10-Jul-2022 |
Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. |
Abstract: | Assessing the presence of viruses in large-volume samples involves cumbersome methods that require specialized training and laboratory equipment. In this study, a large volume concentration (LVC) method, based on dead-end ultrafiltration (DEUF) andWet FoamElution¿ technology, was evaluated in different type of waters and different microorganisms. Its recovery efficiency was evaluated through different techniques (infectivity assays and molecular detection) by spiking different viral surrogates (bacteriophages PhiX174 and MS2 and Coxsackie virus B5 (CVB5) and Escherichia coli (E. coli). Furthermore, the application of a secondary concentration step was evaluated and compared with skimmed milk flocculation. Viruses present in river water, seawater and groundwater samples were concentrated by applying LVC method and a centrifugal ultrafiltration device (CeUF), as a secondary concentration step and quantified with specific qPCR Human adenoviruses (HAdV) and noroviruses (NoVs).MS2 was used as process control, obtaining a mean viral recovery of 22.0 ± 12.47%. The presence of other viruses was also characterized by applying two different next-generation sequencing approaches. LVC coupled to a secondary concentration step based on CeUF allowed to detect naturally occurring viruses such as HAdV and NoVs in different water matrices. Using HAdV as a human fecal indicator, the highest viral pollution was found in river water samples (100% of positive samples), followed by seawater (83.33%) and groundwater samples (66.67%). The LVC method has also proven to be useful as a virus concentration method in the filed since HAdV and NoVs were detected in the river water and groundwater samples concentrated in the field. All in all, LVC method presents high concentration factor and a low limit of detection and provides viral concentrates useful for subsequent molecular analysis such as PCR and massive sequencing. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154431 |
It is part of: | Science of the Total Environment, 2022, vol. 829, num. 154431 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/194224 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154431 |
ISSN: | 0048-9697 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Institut de Recerca de l'Aigua (IdRA)) Articles publicats en revistes (Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística) |
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