Szwetkowski, Kyle J.Falkinham, Joseph O. III2020-03-022020-03-022020-02-22Szwetkowski, K.J.; Falkinham, J.O., III. Methylobacterium spp. as Emerging Opportunistic Premise Plumbing Pathogens. Pathogens 2020, 9, 149.http://hdl.handle.net/10919/97105<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).application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalopportunistic pathogenadherencecontact anglebiofilmtemperature susceptibilityMethylobacterium spp. as Emerging Opportunistic Premise Plumbing PathogensArticle - Refereed2020-03-02Pathogenshttps://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9020149