Direct detection of bacterial faecal indicators in water samples using PCR

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 135-140

  Horakova K ^a   Mlejnkova H ^b   Mlejnek, P ^c  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b T G MASARYK WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^c PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Coliform bacteria; Escherichia coli; Faecal indicator; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL FAECAL INDICATORS; GALACTOSIDASE; GLUCURONIDASE; PUBLIC HEALTH RISK;

COLIFORM BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH RISKS; WATER RESOURCES;

BIOMARKERS;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CYTOCHROME;

BIOMARKERS; COLIFORM BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH RISKS; WATER RESOURCES;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FECES; HEALTH RISK; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; GENE SEQUENCE; HEALTH HAZARD; INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 33749121794     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.459     Document Type: Article

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