Table 1. Detection of M. ulcerans DNA (IS2404, IS2606 and KR) in environmental samples collected from Point Lonsdale (endemic) and sites of low endemicity in Victoria, Australia.
| Sample type | No. samples positive/no. samples tested | |||
| Point Lonsdale a | Bellarine Peninsula b | Phillip Island c | Gippsland d | |
| Suspended solids/water residue | 4/4 (100%)e | 0/10 | 0/9 | 0/10 |
| Aquatic plant biofilm | 2/10 (20%) | 0/5 | 0/2 | 0/2 |
| Aquatic plants | 1/9 (11%) | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/2 |
| Aquatic macroinvertebrates | 0/12 | 0/15 | 0/4 | 0/7 |
| Detritus | 3/14 (22%) | - | - | 0/33 |
| Sediment | 9/27 (33%) | 0/1 | - | - |
| Soil | 22/36 (61%) | 2/7 (29%) | 0/3 | 0/3 |
| Terrestrial Plants | 9/51 (18%) | 0/3 | 0/4 | 2/21 (10%) |
| Brushtail possum faecesf | 2/5 (40%) | - | 0/5 | - |
| Total | 52/168 (32%) | 2/51 (4%) | 0/32 | 2/78 (3%) |
a
High endemicity area.
b
Ocean Grove, Queenscliff, St Leonards (low endemicity areas).
c
Low endemicity area.
d
Bellbird Creek, Sale (low endemicity areas).
e
All four samples collected from the same site in Point Lonsdale on the same day.
f
Preliminary testing only (see Table 2 for results of large scale testing).