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      Prevalence and characterization of Escherichia coli in the Kelantan River and its adjacent coastal waters

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      Water Supply
      IWA Publishing

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          The presence of Escherichia coli in river and sea water may cause different levels of infections and constitutes a risk to public health. In this study, water samples were collected from 15 sites along the Kelantan River, estuaries and its adjacent coastal waters to investigate the prevalence and diversity of E. coli. A membrane filtration technique was used to enumerate E. coli and phylogenetic grouping was performed using triplex polymerase chain reaction. E. coli abundance ranged from 3.1 × 10 to 1.6 × 105 colony forming units 100 mL−1, and total suspended solids correlated significantly with E. coli abundance (r2 = 0.165, p < 0.001) and rainfall (r2 = 0.342, p < 0.001). Phylogenetic group B1 and A (59.4%) were the most prevalent, whereas groups B2 and D were least abundant. The higher abundance of phylogenetic group D at upstream sites of the Kelantan River suggested fecal contamination mainly of animal origin. Canonical-correlation analysis showed phylogenetic group B2, and phylogenetic groups A and D were greater in waters with higher inorganic nutrients (e.g. NH4, NO2 and NO3), whereas phylogenetic group B1 appeared to have better salinity tolerance between phylogenetic groups.

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                Journal
                Water Supply
                IWA Publishing
                1606-9749
                1607-0798
                May 01 2020
                February 10 2020
                May 01 2020
                February 10 2020
                : 20
                : 3
                : 930-942
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Laboratory of Microbial Ecology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
                [2 ]Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
                [3 ]Institude of Graduate Studies, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
                [4 ]Laboratory for Coast and Ocean Geology, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources of People's Republic of China, Xiamen 361005, China
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                10.2166/ws.2020.018
                4b945530-62f5-442b-ac29-2ca13542f0bc
                © 2020
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