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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2007, p. 2369-2372, Vol. 73, No. 7
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00141-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Isolation of Potentially Pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7 from the Ganges River{triangledown}

Steve Hamner,1* Susan C. Broadaway,1 Veer Bhadra Mishra,2 Anshuman Tripathi,3 Rajesh Kumar Mishra,4 Elinor Pulcini,5 Barry H. Pyle,1 and Timothy E. Ford1

Department of Microbiology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana,1 College of Engineering, Banaras Hindu University, and Sankat Mochan Foundation, Tulsi Ghat, Varanasi, India,2 National Mineral Development Corporation, Hyderabad, India,3 Swatcha Ganga Research Laboratory, Sankat Mochan Foundation, Varanasi, India,4 Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana5

Received 19 January 2007/ Accepted 24 January 2007

Escherichia coli serotype O157:H7 was detected among bacteria collected from the Ganges River. O157:H7 isolates tested positive for stx1, stx2, and eae gene sequences. Identification of potentially pathogenic isolates from extensively used source water indicates that O157:H7 may be a significant but as yet underacknowledged public health concern in India.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717. Phone: (406) 994-2903. Fax: (406) 994-4926. E-mail: steve_hamn{at}yahoo.com.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 9 February 2007.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2007, p. 2369-2372, Vol. 73, No. 7
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00141-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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