Detection and source tracking ofEscherichia coli, harboring intimin and Shiga toxin genes, isolated from the Little Bighorn River, Montana

Autor: Steve Hamner, Susan C. Broadaway, Ethan Berg, Sean Stettner, Barry H. Pyle, Nita Big Man, Joseph Old Elk, Margaret J. Eggers, John Doyle, Larry Kindness, Brandon Good Luck, Timothy E. Ford, Anne C. Camper
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: International Journal of Environmental Health Research. 24:341-362
ISSN: 1369-1619
0960-3123
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2013.835030
Popis: The Little Bighorn River flows through the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana. In 2008, Escherichia coli concentrations as high as 7179 MPN/100 ml were detected in the river at the Crow Agency Water Treatment Plant intake site. During 2008, 2009, and 2012, 10 different serotypes of E. coli, including O157:H7, harboring both intimin and Shiga toxin genes were isolated from a popular swim site of the Little Bighorn River in Crow Agency. As part of a microbial source tracking study, E. coli strains were isolated from river samples as well as from manure collected from a large cattle feeding operation in the upper Little Bighorn River watershed; 23% of 167 isolates of E. coli obtained from the manure tested positive for the intimin gene. Among these manure isolates, 19 were identified as O156:H8, matching the serotype of an isolate collected from a river sampling site close to the cattle feeding area.
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