| occurrence of potentially pathogenic vibrios in final effluents of a wastewater treatment facility in a rural community of the eastern cape province of south africa. | we assessed the occurrence of vibrio pathogens in the final effluents of a rural wastewater treatment facility in the eastern cape province of south africa as free or plankton-associated (180 microm, 60 microm and 20 microm plankton sizes) entities using standard culture-based and molecular techniques. the free-living vibrio densities varied from 0 to 3.45 x 10(1) cfu ml(-1), while the plankton-associated vibrio densities vary with plankton sizes as follows: 180 microm (0-4.50 x 10(3) cfu ml(-1) ... | 2009 | 19732825 |