Methylobacterium spp. as Emerging Opportunistic Premise Plumbing Pathogens
| dc.contributor.author | Szwetkowski, Kyle J. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Falkinham, Joseph O. III | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Biological Sciences | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-03-02T13:29:44Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2020-03-02T13:29:44Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-02-22 | en |
| dc.date.updated | 2020-03-02T12:41:52Z | en |
| dc.description.abstract | <i>Methylobacterium</i> spp. are emerging opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens. Human infections linked to premise plumbing provide evidence of their routes of infection. Cells of a collection of representative strains of different <i>Methylobacterium</i> species were tested for hydrophobicity by contact angle, adherence and biofilm formation on different plumbing materials, and temperature tolerance (50–60 °C); characteristics shared by OPPPs. <i>Methylobacterium</i> spp. strains were shown to grow in drinking water, have high cell-surface hydrophobicity, adhere to pipe surface materials, form biofilms, and survive exposure to high (60° C) temperatures. It can be concluded that <i>Methylobacterium</i> spp. strains share traits in common with other opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens (OPPPs). | en |
| dc.description.version | Published version | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Szwetkowski, K.J.; Falkinham, J.O., III. Methylobacterium spp. as Emerging Opportunistic Premise Plumbing Pathogens. Pathogens 2020, 9, 149. | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9020149 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/97105 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | MDPI | en |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | opportunistic pathogen | en |
| dc.subject | adherence | en |
| dc.subject | contact angle | en |
| dc.subject | biofilm | en |
| dc.subject | temperature susceptibility | en |
| dc.title | Methylobacterium spp. as Emerging Opportunistic Premise Plumbing Pathogens | en |
| dc.title.serial | Pathogens | en |
| dc.type | Article - Refereed | en |
| dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |