| [escherichia coli: diversity of biochemical phenotypes in aquatic environments (santa, fe, argentina)]. | during certain environmental conditions, the floating aquatic vegetation, mainly represented by eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth) invade and even cover water courses assigned to recreational activities or to the supply of drinkable water. the rhizosphere of these plants constitutes an unknown biotope of bacteria of sanitary interest, possibly different from waters without vegetation and of the sediment of the same aquatic system. to verify such possibility, 206 isolated strains in macconkey ... | 2001 | 11494758 |