Research Article

Distribution and Genetic Diversity of Salmonella enterica in the Upper Suwannee River

Table 3

Distribution of S. enterica genogroups by location for strains recovered from the Suwannee River.

GenogroupaSampling sitesb
Big ShoalsWhite SpringsSpirit of SuwanneeBoy’s RanchOtherTotal

333
522239
7213
822
9213
10431411739
11123
12112
141315
159783835

Total (%)17 (16.3%)17 (16.3%)32 (30.8%)18 (17.3%)20 (19.2%)104 (100.0%)

aGenogroups are described in Figure 1(S) as determined by DiversiLab rep-PCR and described in Materials and Methods.
bSampling sites are described in text except for “others” which were collected in 1999-1998 and were downstream of sampling sites in this study.