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| Costa,Clarissa Frota Macatrão; Monteiro Neto,Valério; Santos,Bruno Rafael de Carvalho; Costa,Bruno Rafael Rabelo; Azevedo,Alexandre; Serra,Josilene Lima; Mendes,Hermínio Benítez Rabello; Nascimento,Adenilde Ribeiro; Mendes,Mariana Bonfim Pinto; Kuppinger,Oliver. |
| The Port Complex of Maranhão (PCM) is the second largest port complex in Brazil, receiving ships with large volumes of ballast water. To evaluate the microbiological quality of its waters, physicochemical parameters (pH and salinity), the number of coliforms (thermotolerants and totals), and the presence of enterobacterias and diarrheagenic Escherichia coli strains were analyzed. In order to identify the presence of E. coli virulence genes target regions of the stx, elt, est, aggR, CVD432, ipaH and eae nucleotide sequences were studied. The presence of totals and thermotolerants coliforms were positive. Analyzing the salinity parameter, a significant increase in total coliforms was observed during the rainy season. We identified the species Escherichia... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Microbiological analysis; Coliforms; Enterobacterias; Ballast water; Escherichia coli. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822014000300026 |
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