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Distribution and diversity of Escherichia coli populations in the South Nation River drainage basin, eastern Ontario, Canada.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Mar 2010
Lyautey Emilie, Lu Zexun, Lapen David R, Wilkes Graham, Scott Andrew, Berkers Tanya, Edge Thomas A, Topp Edward
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We investigated the prevalence and diversity of Escherichia coli strains isolated from surface waters from multiple watersheds within the South Nation River basin in eastern Ontario, Canada. The basin is composed of mixed but primarily agricultural land uses. From March 2004 to November 2007, a total of 2,004 surface water samples were collected from 24 sampling sites. E. coli densities ranged from undetectable...
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