Distribution of indigenous bacterial pathogens and potential pathogens associated with roof-harvested rainwater.

ABSTRACT: The harvesting of rainwater is gaining acceptance among many governmental authorities in countries such as Australia, Germany, and South Africa, among others. However, conflicting reports on the microbial quality of harvested rainwater have been published. To monitor the presence of potential pathogenic bacteria during high-rainfall periods, rainwater from 29 rainwater tanks was sampled on four occasions (during June and August 2012) in a sustainable housing project in Kleinmond, South Africa. This resulted in the collection of 116 harvested rainwater samples in total throughout the sampling period. The identities of the dominant, indigenous, presumptive pathogenic isolates obtained from the rainwater samples throughout the sampling period were confirmed through universal 16S rRNA PCR, and

SUBMITTER: Dobrowsky PH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3993141 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature