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Naturalized Escherichia coli from New Zealand wetland and stream environments.
FEMS microbiology ecology - 1 Feb 2013
Perchec-Merien Anne-Marie, Lewis Gillian D
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This research investigates the presence of a naturalized clade of Escherichia coli in wetland and stream biofilms. Escherichia coli is used as a faecal indicator in water quality monitoring programmes worldwide, with the assumption that this bacterium is exclusively a commensal of the vertebrate gut. However, recent findings indicate growth and multiplication of E. coli in water and soils. This study seeks to...
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