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Review
. 2003 Jul;69(7):3687-94.
doi: 10.1128/AEM.69.7.3687-3694.2003.

Role of nonhost environments in the lifestyles of Salmonella and Escherichia coli

Mollie D Winfield  1 , Eduardo A Groisman
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Review

Role of nonhost environments in the lifestyles of Salmonella and Escherichia coli

Mollie D Winfield et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2003 Jul.
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FIG. 1.
Life cycles of Salmonella and E. coli. (A) Salmonella actively cycles through host and nonhost environments. (B) E. coli has a low rate of survival in nonhost environments and a low probability of colonizing a new host. (C) Free-living E. coli populations exist in tropical environments in the absence of human or animal contamination.
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