Urbanization affects microbial homogenization in global municipal wastewater treatment facilities
Can Wang
Nature Water, Published online: 01 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s44221-026-00638-5 Urbanization is reshaping microbial ecology within wastewater treatment systems. This study reveals that urbanization drives microbial homogenization and that reduced diversity is linked to poorer wastewater treatment performance and stability.