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Enterococci populations of a metropolitan river after an extreme flood event: prevalence, persistence and virulence determinants.
Journal of water and health - 1 Oct 2017
Masters Nicole M, Wiegand Aaron, Thompson Jasmin M, Vollmerhausen Tara L, Hatje Eva, Katouli Mohammad
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the prevalence, persistence and virulence determinants of enterococci populations in water samples collected over three rounds following an extreme flood event in a metropolitan river. Enterococci (n = 482) were typed using the high resolution biochemical fingerprinting method (PhP typing) and grouped into common (C) or single (S) biochemical phenotypes (BPTs). In all, 23 C-BPTs (72.6% of...
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