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dc.contributor.authorDhand, Navneet K.
dc.contributor.authorToribio, Jenny-Ann L. M. L.
dc.contributor.authorWhittington, Richard J.
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-04
dc.date.available2016-04-04
dc.date.issued2009-01-01
dc.identifier.citationDhand, N. K., Toribio, J., & Whittington, R. J. (2009). Adsorption of Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis to Soil Particles. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75(17), 5581-5585.en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2123/14640
dc.description.abstractAttachment of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis to soil particles could increase their availability to farm animals, as well as influence the transportation of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis to water sources. To investigate the possibility of such attachment, we passed a known quantity of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis through chromatography columns packed with clay soil, sandy soil, pure silica, clay-silica mixture, or clay-silica complexes and measured the organisms recovered in the eluent using culture or quantitative PCR. Experiments were repeated using buffer at a range of pH levels with pure silica to investigate the effect of pH on M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis attachment. Linear mixed-model analyses were conducted to compare the proportional recovery of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis in the eluent between different substrates and pH levels. Of the organisms added to the columns, 83 to 100% were estimated to be retained in the columns after adjustment for those retained in empty control columns. The proportions recovered were significantly different across different substrates, with the retention being significantly greater (P < 0.05) in pure substrates (silica and clay-silica complexes) than in soil substrates (clay soil and sandy soil). However, there were no significant differences in the retention of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis between silica and clay-silica complexes or between clay soil and sandy soil. The proportion retained decreased with increasing pH in one of the experiments, indicating greater adsorption of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis to soil particles at an acidic pH (P < 0.05). The results suggest that under experimental conditions M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis adsorbs to a range of soil particles, and this attachment is influenced by soil pH.en_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was funded by Meat and Livestock Australia and the University of Sydney.en_AU
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dc.publisherAmerican Society for Microbiologyen_AU
dc.relationThis study was funded by Meat and Livestock Australia and the University of Sydney.en_AU
dc.rightspublished pdf can be archived in IRen_AU
dc.titleAdsorption of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis to Soil Particles.en_AU
dc.typeArticleen_AU
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