Ampicillin Resistance in Fecal Coliforms of Canoochee River
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Gleason, Michael L.
McGill, Kenneth C.
Owen, Lee P.
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
In Spring 2000, the Canoochee River
was sampled at eight sites from N32°22.34',
W82°7.42' to N32° 10.74, W81°49.66' and the samples
quantitated by EPA methods for fecal coliform and
fecal Streptococci. Fecal coliform levels ranged from
140-540 fecal coliforms/100 ml and coliform/streptococcal ratios ranged from 3.2-10. Fecal coliforms were
also tested for resistance to the antibiotic ampicillin
(frequency of resistance = 0.11±0.036). Plasmid DNA
isolated from selected fecal coliforms conferred
resistance to Escherichia coli K12-JM101 upon
transformation.
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Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Conservation Service, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology
Date
2001-03
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