Incidence of Klebsiella Species in Surface Waters and Their Expression of Virulence Factors
Open Access
- 1 July 2001
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 67 (7) , 3325-3327
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.67.7.3325-3327.2001
Abstract
To investigate the occurrence of different Klebsiellaspp. in aquatic environments, a total of 208 samples of natural surface waters was examined. From half (53%) of these samples, 123Klebsiella strains were isolated, the most common species being Klebsiella pneumoniae. A comparison of these isolates to a group of 207 clinical K. pneumoniae isolates demonstrated that water isolates of K. pneumoniae, unlike those of K. oxytoca and K. planticola, are as capable as clinical isolates of expressing putative virulence factors such as serum resistance and capsular polysaccharides, pili, and siderophores.Keywords
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