Pathogenesis Encounter: aquatic, found in lakes and streams Large numbers in polluted water around power stations Can live in chlorinated drinking water Normally found in hot water tanks of buildings Get into pipes and multiply in sediment and accumulate over period of years Do not spread from person to person Sediment provides shelter as well as nutrition for other BIOL 533 bacteria that can supply cysteine Lecture 14BIOL 533 9 Lecture 14 Pathogenesis • Encounter: aquatic; found in lakes and streams – Large numbers in polluted water around power stations – Can live in chlorinated drinking water – Normally found in hot water tanks of buildings • Get into pipes and multiply in sediment and accumulate over period of years – Do not spread from person to person – Sediment provides shelter as well as nutrition for other bacteria that can supply cysteine