Table 5. Listeria serotypes collected from irrigation water at three sites each in the Sumas and Serpentine watersheds of the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.
Serotype | Sumas Watershed | Serpentine Watershed | ||
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Recoveries | Sites | Recoveries* | Sites | |
1/2a | 5 | 2,3 | 11 | 1,2,3 |
1/2b | 1 | 1a | 1 | 2 |
4b | 0 | - | 10 | 1,2,3 |
4c | 0 | - | 1 | 1 |
*Occasional recoveries of multiple serotypes were observed at the same site on the same date in the Serpentine watershed.