Seek and you shall find: Yersinia enterocolitica in Ireland's drinking water.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Three Yersinia species were identified from samples of drinking water from diverse geographic regions of Ireland. Conventional commercial biochemical identification systems classified them as Yersinia enterocolitica. Since this organism is the most common cause of bacterial gastroenteritis in some countries, further investigation was warranted. The aim of the study was to provide a microbial characterisation of three Yersinia species, to determine their pathogenicity, and to review the incidence rate of Yersinia enterocolitica detection in our region.

Methods

Organism identification was performed using conventional commercial diagnostic systems MALDI-TOF, API 20E, API 50CHE, TREK Sensititre GNID and Vitek 2 GN, and whole genome sequencing (WGS) was performed. Hi

SUBMITTER: Powell J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11294261 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature