Title Detection of mecC-MRSA isolates in river water: a potential role for water in the environmental dissemination. Authors M. Concepción Porrero a , Ewan M. Harrison b , José Francisco Fernández-Garayzábal a, c , Gavin K. Paterson b, # , Alberto Díez-Guerrier a , Mark A. Holmes b , Lucas Domínguez a Affiliations a Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET), Universidad Complutense Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain b University of Cambridge, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Cambridge, CB3 0ES, United Kingdom c Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain Corresponding author M. Concepción Porrero (cporrero@visavet.ucm.es; conchaporrero@gmail.com) Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET), Avenida Puerta de Hierro s/n 28040 Madrid Spain. Telephone number: +34913944097; Fax number: +34913943795 Running title Presence of mecC-MRSA in river water. Footnote # Present address: School of Biological, Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Kingston-upon-Hull, HU6 7RX, United Kingdom This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Porrero, M. C., Harrison, E., Fernández-Garayzábal, J. F., Paterson, G. K., Díez-Guerrier, A., Holmes, M. A. and Domínguez, L. (2014), Detection of mecC-Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in river water: a potential role for water in the environmental dissemination. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 6: 705–708, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12191. This article may be used for non- commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self- archiving.