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ArticleEnvironmental microbiology reports2024

Population structure and pathogen interaction of Escherichia coli in freshwater: Implications of land-use for water quality and public health in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Adrian L Cookson, Meg Devane, Jonathan C Marshall, Marie Moinet, Amanda Gardner, Rose M Collis, Lynn Rogers, Patrick J Biggs, Anthony B Pita, Angela J Cornelius and 4 more

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Article in Environmental microbiology reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. The Establishment of an Indigenous-Led Drinking Water Monitoring Program Leveraging qPCR and Metagenomics Testing in New Zealand.Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation · 2026
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  6. Limited clonality but widespread plasmid sharing of ESBL-producingCurrent research in microbial sciences · 2025
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  7. Shiga toxin-producingFrontiers in microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Adrian L CooksonAgResearch Limited, Hopkirk Research Institute, Palmerston North, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-8197-3386
Meg DevaneInstitute of Environmental Science and Research, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Jonathan C MarshallSchool of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Marie MoinetAgResearch Limited, Hopkirk Research Institute, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Amanda GardnerAgResearch Limited, Hopkirk Research Institute, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Rose M CollisAgResearch Limited, Hopkirk Research Institute, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Lynn RogersAgResearch Limited, Hopkirk Research Institute, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Patrick J BiggsmEpiLab, School of Veterinary Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Anthony B PitamEpiLab, School of Veterinary Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Angela J CorneliusInstitute of Environmental Science and Research, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Iain HaysomInstitute of Environmental Science and Research, Christchurch, New Zealand.
David T S HaymanmEpiLab, School of Veterinary Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Brent J GilpinInstitute of Environmental Science and Research, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Margaret LeonardInstitute of Environmental Science and Research, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Funding

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment C10X1901
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Freshwater samples (n = 199) were obtained from 41 sites with contrasting land-uses (avian, low impact, dairy, urban, sheep and beef, and mixed sheep, beef and dairy) and the E. coli phylotype of 3980 isolates (20 per water sample enrichment) was determined. Eight phylotypes were identified with B1 (48.04%), B2 (14.87%) and A (14.79%) the most abundant. Escherichia marmotae (n = 22), and Escherichia ruysiae (n = 1), were rare (0.68%) suggesting that these environmental strains are unlikely to confound water quality assessments. Phylotypes A and B1 were overrepresented in dairy and urban sites (p < 0.0001), whilst B2 were overrepresented in low impact sites (p < 0.0001). Pathogens ((Salmonella, Campylobacter, Cryptosporidium or Giardia) and the presence of diarrhoeagenic E. coli-associated genes (stx and eae) were detected in 89.9% (179/199) samples, including 80.5% (33/41) of samples with putative non-recent faecal inputs. Quantitative PCR to detect microbial source tracking targets from human, ruminant and avian contamination were concordant with land-use type and E. coli phylotype abundance. This study demonstrated that a potential recreational health risk remains where pathogens occurred in water samples with low E. coli concentration, potential non-recent faecal sources, low impact sites and where human, ruminant and avian faecal sources were absent.

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Escherichia coliFresh WaterPublic HealthWater QualityAnimalsCryptosporidiumFecesGiardiaHumansNew ZealandPhylogenyWater Microbiology

Identifiers

PMID39096033
PMCPMC11297283

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