Staphylococcus aureus in rural drinking water.

Applied and environmental microbiology ·Vol. 39 ·No. 4 ·1980-04-00 ·Pages 739-42

LeChevallier MW, Seidler RJ

Abstract

Coagulase-positive Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from over 6% of 320 rural drinking water specimens. Well water was the most common source examined. The presence of S. aureus was not found to correlate with the presence of coliform bacteria. Strains of Staphylococcus that produced enterotoxin A were found in 40% of the samples containing S. aureus. Additional studies showed that faucet aerator screens were common sources of high cell densities of S. aureus.

MeSH Terms

Enterobacteriaceae/isolation & purification Enterotoxins/biosynthesis Oregon Rural Population Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification,metabolism Water Microbiology Water Pollution Water Supply

Chemicals

Enterotoxins

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

LeChevallier M W

Seidler R J

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12 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Applied and environmental microbiology

Abbr.

Appl Environ Microbiol

ISSN

0099-2240

DOI

10.1128/aem.39.4.739-742.1980

Published

1980-04-00

Pages

739-42

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7605801

PMCID

PMC291412

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/aem.39.4.739-742.1980 PMC Full Text View journal details

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