Huang CK, Weerasekara A, Bond PL, Weynberg KD, Guo J.
Sci Total Environ. 2021 Jul 22;798:149225. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149225. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34340073.
Highlights
- The premise plumbing microbiome of a 50-year-old university building was characterized.
- Biofilms were dominated with biofilm-formers and emerging opportunistic pathogens (OPs).
- Legionellaspp. was used as a model OP to assess its presence in the premise plumbing system.
- Discrepancies remain between culture-dependent and -independent outcomes for Legionellaspp.