Biofilm in contact with drinking water Raw sequence reads. biofilm metagenome

Biofilms in drinking water distribution systems consitute an microbial ecosystem that interacts with the most valuable resource to human society, drinking water. These biofilms use the drinking water as a source of nutrients but can also harbour things such as antibiotic resistance genes and pathogens. To study their ecology is to understand how safe water that can be consumed by humans can be delivered underground and how this can be maintained in the future