DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00066-07
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Figures
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Geometric mean Legionella counts in each cooling tower. Bars represent the standard deviations.
Tables
- TABLE 1.
Cooling towers and levels of colonization
Cooling tower Vol (m3) Evaporation (m3/h) No. of samples Analyzed Positive With level (CFU/liter) of colonization: >100-<1,000 >1,000-<10,000 >10,000 A 5 0.83 25 7 1 0 5 B 5 0.71 25 21 1 1 19 C 8 0.48 25 19 2 8 9 D 8 0.48 24 22 4 3 15 E 2 0.71 25 0 0 0 0 F 8 0.53 26 8 2 2 0 G 2 0.09 26 1 0 1 0 H 2 0.13 26 1 1 0 0 I 2 0.14 26 1 0 0 0 J 20 1.97 26 6 1 0 5 K 20 1.97 26 6 3 2 1 L 20 1.97 25 1 0 0 1 M 20 1.97 24 2 1 1 0 N 20 1.97 23 1 0 0 1 O 2 0.18 22 0 0 0 0 Total 374 96 16 18 56 - TABLE 2.
Serologic identification of the serogroups of L. pneumophila strains and PFGE patterns found in each cooling tower
Cooling tower Serogroup(s) PFGE pattern(s) A 1 I B 1, 2 to 14 I, II, III C 1 IV, V D 1 VI F 1 VII G 1 VIII H 1, 2 to 14 I, II I 1 IX J 1 X, XI K 1 X, XII, XIII L 1 XIV M 1 XV N 1 XIII, XV, XVI
