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Application of Escherichia coli antibiotic resistance patterns for contamination source identification in watershed

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Spatial correlation of pollution of the water resource in Taipei, Taiwan, were examined by analyzing the antibiotic resistance patterns (ARPs) of 96 Escherichia coli colonies, which were isolated from 7 sampling sites in 3 river sections. The ARPs were the growth patterns of isolated E. coli colonies in the medium with seven kinds of antibiotics, including ampicillin, chlortetracycline, erythromycin, oxytetracycline, streptomycin, tetracycline, and salinomycin of different concentrations. The results showed that the survival rate of E. coli decreased with increasing concentration of antibiotics; however, various ARPs under different antibiotics of different concentrations significantly increased both the useful information and complexities. Hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) and two-stage principal component analysis (PCA) were applied to analyze the spatial correlations and interrelations of distinct ARPs among sampling sites in this study. It was found that the seven sampling sites can be categorized into three groups which may represent three possible pollution characteristics.

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  1. Department of Risk Management and Insurance, Ming Chuan University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Tai-Yi Yu

  2. Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Ching-Ju Monica Chin

  3. Department of Earth and Life Science, University of Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan

    Yu-Jie Chang

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Yu, TY., Chin, CJ.M. & Chang, YJ. Application of Escherichia coli antibiotic resistance patterns for contamination source identification in watershed. Environ Sci Pollut Res 26, 33936–33945 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-2747-y

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