Incidence of Klebsiella species in surface waters and their expression of virulence factors

Authors :: Podschun, R.
Pietsch, S.
Holler, C.
Ullmann, U.
Source :: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. July, 2001, Vol. 67 Issue 7, p3325, 3 p.
Publication Year :: 2001
Abstract: Klebsiella species isolated from aquatic environments are just as likely as those isolated from humans to display virulence factors such as pili, siderophores, serum resistance types, and particular capsular polysaccharides. This was the conclusion of researchers who compared 123 Klebsiella strains isolated from natural surface water and 207 isolated from human tissue samples.

Subjects :: Klebsiella
Virulence (Microbiology) -- Research
Biological sciences

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