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Insights into the low-temperature adaptation and nutritional flexibility of a soil-persistent Escherichia coli.
FEMS microbiology ecology - 1 Apr 2013
Brennan Fiona P, Grant Jim, Botting Catherine H, O'Flaherty Vincent, Richards Karl G, Abram Florence
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An understanding of the survival capacity of Escherichia coli in soil is critical for the evaluation of its role as a faecal indicator. Recent reports that E. coli can become long-term residents in maritime temperate soils have raised the question of how the organism survives and competes for niche space in the suboptimal soil environment. The ability of an environmental isolate to utilize 380 substrates was...
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