Numberger Daniela, Riedel Thomas, McEwen Gayle, Nübel Ulrich, Frentrup Martinique, Schober Isabel, Bunk Boyke, Spröer Cathrin, Overmann Jörg, Grossart Hans-Peter, Greenwood Alex D
Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Strasse 17, 10315, Berlin, Germany.
Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstrasse 7B, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany.
Anaerobe. 2019 Apr;56:22-26. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2019.01.002. Epub 2019 Jan 8.
We investigated inflow of a wastewater treatment plant and sediment of an urban lake for the presence of Clostridioides difficile by cultivation and PCR. Among seven colonies we sequenced the complete genomes of three: two non-toxigenic isolates from wastewater and one toxigenic isolate from the urban lake. For all obtained isolates, a close genomic relationship with human-derived isolates was observed.