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. 1990 Jul;56(7):2243-4.
doi: 10.1128/aem.56.7.2243-2244.1990.

Enumeration of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis in municipal sewage

D S Shoop  1 , L L Myers, J B LeFever
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Enumeration of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis in municipal sewage

D S Shoop et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1990 Jul.

Abstract

Of 237 isolates of Bacteroides fragilis from sewage influent at the Bozeman, Mont., wastewater treatment plant, 22 (9.3%) were enterotoxigenic, as indicated by the ability to elicit fluid accumulation in the lamb ileal loop test. It appears that enterotoxigenic B. fragilis is endemic in the human population at a moderately high level.

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