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Shoop, D.S., Myers, L.L., and LeFever, J.B.; Enumeration of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis in municipal sewage. Appl.Environ.Microbiol. 56:2243-2244, 1990

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Of 237 isolates of Bacteroides fragilis from sewage influent at the Bozeman, Mont., wastewater treatment plant, 22 (9.3%) were enterotoxigenic, as indicated by the ability to elicit fluid accumulation in the lamb ileal loop test. It appears that enterotoxigenic B. fragilis is endemic in the human population at a moderately high level.