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High diversity and abundance of Legionella spp. in a pristine river and impact of seasonal and anthropogenic effects.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Dec 2010
Parthuisot N, West N J, Lebaron P, Baudart J
Abstract excerpt
The diversity and dynamics of Legionella species along a French river watershed subject to different thermal and wastewater discharges during an annual cycle were assessed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and by a fingerprint technique, single-strand conformation polymorphism. A high diversity of Legionella spp. was observed at all the sampling sites, and the dominant Legionella clusters identified were most closely...
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