Antimicrobial-resistant coliforms in New York Bight |
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| Authors: | LK Koditschek P Guyre |
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| Institution: | Biology Department, Montclair State College, Montclair, New Jersey, U.S.A.;Department of Microbiology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | A preliminary study of sediments and overlying water samples obtained at the approximate centre of the sewage sludge bed in the New York Bight, revealed significant numbers of coliforms resistant to antibiotics and heavy metals. Some of the isolates were shown to transfer antibiotic resistance during conjugation with a recipient strain of Salmonella gallinarum. The selection of bacterial populations resistant to antimicrobials may be significant in the ecology of this impoverished area, and requires further study. |
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