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DIVERSITY OF CAMPYLOBACTER ISOLATES FROM THREE ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Zoonoses Bacterianas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Zoonoses Bacterianas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Zoonoses Bacterianas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
Thermophilic campylobacters were isolated from three sewage plants in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
and identified. Laboratory analysis of 390 sewage samples showed the presence of 169 thermophilic
strains. The results demonstrated that human and animal pathogenic biotypes could be isolated from
activated sludge during the initial processing steps. The aeration tank could be considered a barrier to
Campylobacter survival. C. jejuni was the prevalent species isolated (40.8%).The most common biotypes were C. jejuni biotype I (21.3%), C. coli biotype I (16%) and C. jejuni biotype II ( 14.8%).
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