Bacterial strains were isolated from beach water samples using the initial Environmental Protection Agency method for enumeration and analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). procedurerecommended by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)is based on epidemiological studies that demonstrate a direct relationship between the density of organisms in water and the occurrence of swimming-associated gastroenteritis (6,… Continue reading Bacterial strains were isolated from beach water samples using the initial