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SUBMITTER: Derongs L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7432756 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Derongs Lorine L Druilhe Céline C Ziebal Christine C Le Maréchal Caroline C Pourcher Anne-Marie AM
International journal of environmental research and public health 20200729 15
Digestate produced by agricultural biogas plants (BGPs) may contain pathogenic bacteria. Among them, <i>Clostridium perfringens</i> deserves particular attention due to its ability to grow under anaerobic conditions and persist in amended soil. The aim of this study was to examine the potential pathogenicity and the antimicrobial resistance of <i>C. perfringens</i> in manure and digestate collected from three agricultural biogas plants (BGPs). A total of 157 isolates (92 from manure, 65 from dig ...[more]