Potential human pathogenic bacteria in five hot springs in Eritrea revealed by next generation sequencing.

Human pathogens can survive and grow in hot springs. For water quality assessment, Escherichia coli or Enterococci are the main thermotolerant enteric bacteria commonly used to estimate the load of pathogenic bacteria in water. However, most of the environmental bacteria are unculturable thus cultur...

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Main Authors: Amanuel Menghs Ghilamicael, Hamadi Iddi Boga, Sylvester Elikana Anami, Tadesse Mehari, Nancy L M Budambula
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5864021?pdf=render