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Distribution of V. cholerae virulence genes in the sediments and water column of the Apies River.
| Sample type | Number of positive samples per gene (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ompW | ctx | tcpA a | zot | toxR | hlyA | tcpI | stn/sto | |
| Sediment (n = 60) | 37 (61.7) | 0 (0) | 11 (18.3) | 0 (0) | 13 (21.7) | 19 (31.7) | 13 (21.7) | 0 (0) |
| Water (n = 60) | 31 (51.7) | 0 (0) | 12 (20.0) | 2 (3.3) | 8 (13.3) | 30 (50.0) | 9 (15.0) | 0 (0) |
| Total (n = 120) | 68 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 21 | 49 | 22 | 0 |
aOnly the El Tor variant of the gene was investigated in this study.
