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Temporal and Spatial Diversity of the Tap Water Microbiota in a Norwegian Hospital

Author(s) -

Knut Rudi,

Tone Tannæs,

Morten Vatn

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

applied and environmental microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552

H-Index - 324

eISSN - 1070-6291

pISSN - 0099-2240

DOI - 10.1128/aem.01174-09

Subject(s) - colonization , tap water , norwegian , adaptation (eye) , biology , diversity (politics) , ecology , environmental science , neuroscience , linguistics , philosophy , environmental engineering , sociology , anthropology

We analyzed the temporal and spatial diversity of the microbiota in a low-usage and a high-usage hospital tap. We identified a tap-specific colonization pattern, with potential human pathogens being overrepresented in the low-usage tap. We propose that founder effects and local adaptation caused the tap-specific colonization patterns. Our conclusion is that tap-specific colonization represents a potential challenge for water safety.

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