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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2016

Bioaccumulation of pathogenic bacteria and amoeba by zebra mussels and their presence in watercourses.

R Mosteo, P Goñi, N Miguel, J Abadías, P Valero, M P Ormad

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2022
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  2. Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  5. Marseilleviruses: An Update in 2021.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021
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6 authors.

R MosteoDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technologies, EINA, University of Zaragoza, C/María Luna, 3, 50018, Zaragoza, Spain. mosteo@unizar.es.
P GoñiArea of Parasitology, Department of Microbiology, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zaragoza, C/Domingo Miral s/n, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain.
N MiguelDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technologies, EINA, University of Zaragoza, C/María Luna, 3, 50018, Zaragoza, Spain.
J AbadíasDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technologies, EINA, University of Zaragoza, C/María Luna, 3, 50018, Zaragoza, Spain.
P ValeroDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technologies, EINA, University of Zaragoza, C/María Luna, 3, 50018, Zaragoza, Spain.
M P OrmadDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technologies, EINA, University of Zaragoza, C/María Luna, 3, 50018, Zaragoza, Spain.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dreissena polymorpha (the zebra mussel) has been invading freshwater bodies in Europe since the beginning of the nineteenth century. Filter-feeding organisms can accumulate and concentrate both chemical and biological contaminants in their tissues. Therefore, zebra mussels are recognized as indicators of freshwater quality. In this work, the capacity of the zebra mussel to accumulate human pathogenic bacteria and protozoa has been evaluated and the sanitary risk associated with their presence in surface water has also been assessed. The results show a good correlation between the pathogenic bacteria concentration in zebra mussels and in watercourses. Zebra mussels could therefore be used as an indicator of biological contamination. The bacteria (Escherichia coli, Enterococcus spp., Pseudomonas spp., and Salmonella spp.) and parasites (Cryptosporidium oocysts and free-living amoebae) detected in these mussels reflect a potential sanitary risk in water.

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AmoebaAnimalsBacteriaDreissenaEuropeFresh WaterWater PollutionAmoebaBioaccumulationPathogenic bacteriaZebra mussel

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