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Evaluating the pathogenic potential of environmental Escherichia coli by using the Caenorhabditis elegans infection model.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Apr 2013
Merkx-Jacques Alexandra, Coors Anja, Brousseau Roland, Masson Luke, Mazza Alberto, Tien Yuan-Ching, Topp Edward
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The detection and abundance of Escherichia coli in water is used to monitor and mandate the quality of drinking and recreational water. Distinguishing commensal waterborne E. coli isolates from those that cause diarrhea or extraintestinal disease in humans is important for quantifying human healt...
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