Multitiered approach using quantitative PCR to track sources of fecal pollution affecting Santa Monica Bay, California

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1604-1612

  Noble, Rachel T ^a,e   Griffith, John F ^b   Blackwood, A Denene ^a   Fuhrman, Jed A ^c   Gregory, Jason B ^a   Hernandez, Ximena ^c   Liang, Xiaolin ^c   Bera, Angie A ^d   Schiff, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Santa Monica Baykeeper   (United States)

^e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; WATER BACTERIOLOGY; WATERSHEDS;

BALLONA CREEK; FECAL CONTAMINATION; SANTA MONICA BAY, CALIFORNIA; URBAN WATERSHED;

WATER POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FRESH WATER;

BIOINDICATOR; FECES; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROVIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FECES CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MASS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWIMMING; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TITRATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

BACTEROIDES; CALIFORNIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROVIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA MONICA BAY; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES SP.; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROVIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33144460975     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.2.1604-1612.2006     Document Type: Article

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