Adjacent Terrestrial Landscapes Impact the Biogeographical Pattern of Soil Escherichia coli Strains in Produce Fields by Modifying the Importance of Environmental Selection and Dispersal.

ABSTRACT: High-quality habitats for wildlife (e.g., forest) provide essential ecosystem services while increasing species diversity and habitat connectivity. Unfortunately, the presence of such habitats adjacent to produce fields may increase risk for contamination of fruits and vegetables by enteric bacteria, including Escherichia coliE. coli survives in extrahost environments (e.g., soil) and could be dispersed across landscapes by wildlife. Understanding how terrestrial landscapes impact the distribution of soil E. coli strains is of importance in assessing the contamination risk of agricultural products. Here, using multilocus sequence typing, we characterized 938 E. coli soil isolates collected from two watersheds with different landscape patterns in New York State,

SUBMITTER: Liao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8105029 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature