In the Sub-Saharan African region of the River Niger Basin, where none of the major rivers is fully contained within the borders of a single nation, riverine ecosystem health monitoring is essential for survival. Even the globally proclaimed goals of sustainability and environmental security in the region are unattainable without using geospatial technologies of remote sensing and Geographic In...

Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteria has become a considerable global concern because of their potential dissemination in humans, in domestic animals, wildlife and the environment. The present study aimed to explore the ESBL producing  enterobacteria in aquatic sources of Bangladesh as the water may be the potential source of dissemination of this alarming ant...

Researchers have developed multiple methods to characterize clinical and environmental strains of Vibrio vulnificus. The aim our study was use four assays detect virulence factors in from infected patients those surface waters/sediments/oysters South Carolina the Gulf Mexico. vulnificus (n = 81) 171) sources were tested using three real-time PCR designed polymorphisms 16S rRNA, vcg pilF genes a...