{"id":956,"date":"2018-06-14T14:47:04","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T14:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ampac1.com\/blog\/bottled-aqua-incognita-microbiota-assembly-and-dissolved-organic-matter-diversity-in-natural-mineral-waters\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T20:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T03:22:10","slug":"bottled-aqua-incognita-microbiota-assembly-and-dissolved-organic-matter-diversity-in-natural-mineral-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ampac1.com\/blog\/bottled-aqua-incognita-microbiota-assembly-and-dissolved-organic-matter-diversity-in-natural-mineral-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"Bottled aqua incognita: microbiota assembly and dissolved organic matter diversity in natural mineral waters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"answer-box\" style=\"background:#f0f7ff;border-left:4px solid #0066cc;padding:16px 20px;margin:0 0 24px;border-radius:4px\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ampac1.com\/blog\/the-unintended-consequences-of-changes-in-beverage-options-and-the-removal-of-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ampac1.com\/blog\/drinking-water-in-west-virginia-usa-tap-water-or-bottled-water-what-is-the-right-choice-for-college-students\/\">bottled<\/a>-water-on-a-university-campus\/&#8221;>Bottled<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ampac1.com\/blog\/unravelling-the-composition-of-tap-and-mineral-water-microbiota-divergences-between-next-generation-sequencing-techniques-and-culture-based-methods\/\">Water<\/a> Microbiota Mineral Water<\/strong> is a big deal in modern water treatment. Here at AMPAC USA, we build top-notch systems that give you safe, clean water for your home, business, or industrial needs. Our systems are made to pull out the most contaminants and last a long time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\\n\\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Lesaulnier, Celine C.; Herbold, Craig W.; Pelikan, Claus; Berry, David; Gerard, Cedric; Le Coz, Xavier; Gagnot, Sophie; Niggemann, Jutta; Dittmar, Thorsten; Singer, Gabriel A.; Loy, Alexander<\/span><\/span>\\n\\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">MICROBIOME, 5\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1186\/s40168-017-0344-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"color: #0021bf\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">10.1186\/s40168-017-0344-9<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">SEP 22 2017<\/span><\/span>\\n<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"Heading js-ToggleCollapseSection \">Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"js-CollapseSection CollapseSection\">\\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ASec1\" class=\"AbstractSection\">\\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"Heading\">Background<\/h3>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"Par1\" class=\"Para\">Even with low levels of dissolved organic matter, non-carbonated natural mineral waters still grow microorganisms after bottling. We don&#8217;t really know much about what these bottled water microbes are made of, what organic stuff feeds them, or how they change once bottled.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ASec2\" class=\"AbstractSection\">\\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"Heading\">Results<\/h3>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"Par2\" class=\"Para\">We took a close look at the microbes and organic matter in 12 natural mineral waters from six European countries. Our 16S rRNA gene tests showed that a few species-level operational taxonomic units, or OTUs, pretty much took over the bacterial communities in the water and on the bottle walls after a short growth period post-bottling. <em class=\"EmphasisTypeItalic\">Curvibacter<\/em>, <em class=\"EmphasisTypeItalic\">Aquabacterium<\/em>, and <em class=\"EmphasisTypeItalic\">Polaromonas<\/em>, all from the <em class=\"EmphasisTypeItalic\">Comamonadaceae<\/em> family, grew in most of the waters. These are common, mesophilic, heterotrophic aerobes you&#8217;ll find in bottled waters. Using ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry, we checked the dissolved organic matter in both the bottled waters and their original source waters. We found thousands of molecular formulas, mostly from stubborn, soil-derived organic matter.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ASec3\" class=\"AbstractSection\">\\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"Heading\">Conclusions<\/h3>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"Par3\" class=\"Para\">The bottle itself, along with the source water&#8217;s chemistry, helped select for a similar, low-diversity group of microbes across different bottled waters. Hundreds of multi-carbon molecules changed in amount, which was linked to the growth of fewer than ten common OTUs. It seems individual bacteria deal with low-nutrient conditions by eating lots of different organic molecules at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<a href=\"https:\/\/microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s40168-017-0344-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">https:\/\/microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s40168-017-0344-9<\/a>\\n\\n<\/div>\n<p>\\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\\nThe post <a href=\"https:\/\/thefactsaboutwater.org\/bottled-aqua-incognita-microbiota-assembly-dissolved-organic-matter-diversity-natural-mineral-waters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bottled aqua incognita: microbiota assembly and dissolved organic matter diversity in natural mineral waters<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/thefactsaboutwater.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facts About Water<\/a>.\\n\\nSource: Water Feed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the compositions of bottled water microbiota and organic 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