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The utility of Escherichia coli as a contamination indicator for rural drinking water: Evidence from whole genome sequencing

Across the water sector, Escherichia coli is the preferred microbial water quality indicator and current guidance upholds that it indicates recent faecal contamination. This has been challenged, however, by research demonstrating growth of E. coli in the environment. In this study, we used whole gen...

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Autores principales: Nowicki, Saskia, deLaurent, Zaydah R., de Villiers, Etienne P., Githinji, George, Charles, Katrina J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7822521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33481909
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245910