Prevalence and characterization of Escherichia coli isolated from the Upper Oconee Watershed in Northeast Georgia

• Sohyun Cho,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Lari M. Hiott,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• John B. Barrett,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Elizabeth A. McMillan,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Sandra L. House,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Shaheen B. Humayoun,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Eric S. Adams,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Charlene R. Jackson ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ CRJ and JGF are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Jonathan G. Frye

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jonathan.frye@ars.usda.gov

  ¶‡ CRJ and JGF are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8500-3395

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