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Population structure, persistence, and seasonality of autochthonous Escherichia coli in temperate, coastal forest soil from a Great Lakes watershed.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Mar 2006
Byappanahalli Muruleedhara N, Whitman Richard L, Shively Dawn A, Sadowsky Michael J, Ishii Satoshi
Abstract excerpt
The common occurrence of Escherichia coli in temperate soils has previously been reported, however, there are few studies to date to characterize its source, distribution, persistent capability and genetic diversity. In this study, undisturbed, forest soils within six randomly selected 0.5 m2 exclosure plots (covered by netting of 2.3 mm2 mesh size) were monitored from March to October 2003 for E. coli in order...
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