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Escherichia coli able to transmit antibiotic resistance to pathogenic organisms has been found in British rivers, their principal source being insufficiently treated human sewage1. As sewage contamination is considered to be fairly widespread in coastal bathing waters in Britain2, I have looked for these E. coli here.
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SMITH, H. Incidence of R+ Escherichia coli in Coastal Bathing Waters of Britain. Nature 234, 155–156 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/234155a0
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