title: Isolation of Laribacter hongkongensis from Little Egrets (Egretta garzetta) in Hangzhou, China.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Laribacter hongkongensis is well adapted to diverse freshwater environments and is associated with human community-acquired gastroenteritis and traveller's diarrhoea. The study intended to investigate whether L. hongkongensis could be detected in Little Egrets (Egretta garzetta, a widespread aquatic bird) in Hangzhou, China.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 176 faecal specimens from three habitats in Hangzhou were obtained for this study. L. hongkongensis was isolated from 12 (6·8%) specimens. Identification of the 12 L. hongkongensis isolates was achieved through a combination of phenotypic characterization and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results illustrate that L. hongkongensis is present in the faeces of Little Egrets from three different habitats in Hangzhou, China.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study suggests the possibility that Little Egrets serve as mechanical carriers of L. hongkongensis, thus potentially transmitting the organism between bodies of water.
authors.affiliation: Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000382:microbiology*; D002681:China; D017753:Ecosystem; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009346:Neisseriaceae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S