Weekly bacterial community profiles spanning the 2023 Carnivale season sourced from two wastewater treatment plants in southeastern Louisiana

Key Points

• The aim is to analyze changes in the bacterial community profiles in wastewater during the 2023 Carnivale season.
• Collected wastewater samples weekly from two treatment plants over 10 weeks.
• Employed 16S rRNA metabarcoding for bacterial diversity analysis.
• Focused on samples from New Orleans East Bank and Mandeville Public Works.
• Observed significant shifts in bacterial communities during the Carnivale season.
• Identified specific bacterial taxa that were prevalent during peak tourism weeks.
• Characterized differences in diversity between the two wastewater treatment facilities.