ReviewThe ISME journal2011
Survival of Escherichia coli in the environment: fundamental and public health aspects.
Review in The ISME journal, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 230 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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230 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 Occupies Previously Undocumented Host Niches in the Insect-Parasitic Nematode Steinernema hermaphroditum.Environmental microbiology reports · 2026Article
- Energetics and Ecological Implications of Bacterial Electron Transport Chains.Environmental microbiology reports · 2026Review
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- The effect of elevated physiological temperatures on bacterial survival and antibiotic susceptibility in anFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
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Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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4 authors.
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Abstract
In this review, our current understanding of the species Escherichia coli and its persistence in the open environment is examined. E. coli consists of six different subgroups, which are separable by genomic analyses. Strains within each subgroup occupy various ecological niches, and can be broadly characterized by either commensalistic or different pathogenic behaviour. In relevant cases, genomic islands can be pinpointed that underpin the behaviour. Thus, genomic islands of, on the one hand, broad environmental significance, and, on the other hand, virulence, are highlighted in the context of E. coli survival in its niches. A focus is further placed on experimental studies on the survival of the different types of E. coli in soil, manure and water. Overall, the data suggest that E. coli can persist, for varying periods of time, in such terrestrial and aquatic habitats. In particular, the considerable persistence of the pathogenic E. coli O157:H7 is of importance, as its acid tolerance may be expected to confer a fitness asset in the more acidic environments. In this context, the extent to which E. coli interacts with its human/animal host and the organism's survivability in natural environments are compared. In addition, the effect of the diversity and community structure of the indigenous microbiota on the fate of invading E. coli populations in the open environment is discussed. Such a relationship is of importance to our knowledge of both public and environmental health.
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