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Evidence for coexistence of distinct Escherichia coli populations in various aquatic environments and their survival in estuary water.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Aug 2013
Berthe T, Ratajczak M, Clermont O, Denamur E, Petit F
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Escherichia coli, a commensal bacterium from the intestinal tracts of humans and vertebrate animals, has been used as one of two bacterial indicators of fecal contamination, along with intestinal enterococci, to monitor the microbiological quality of water. However, water environments are now recognized as a secondary habitat where some strains can survive. We investigated the survival of E. coli isolates...
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