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Search for Campylobacter spp. Reveals High Prevalence and Pronounced Genetic Diversity of Arcobacter butzleri in Floodwater Samples Associated with Hurricane Florence in North Carolina, USA.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Oct 2020
Niedermeyer Jeffrey A, Miller William G, Yee Emma, Harris Angela, Emanuel Ryan E, Jass Theo, Nelson Natalie, Kathariou Sophia
Abstract excerpt
In September 2018, Hurricane Florence caused extreme flooding in eastern North Carolina, USA, a region highly dense in concentrated animal production, especially swine and poultry. In this study, floodwater samples (n = 96) were collected as promptly post-hurricane as possible and for up to approximately 30 days and selectively enriched for Campylobacter using Bolton broth enrichment and isolation on modified...
Topics
- Arcobacter
- Campylobacter jejuni
- Cyclonic Storms
- Floods
- Genotype
- Multilocus Sequence Typing
- North Carolina
- Rivers