A rapid reverse transcription-PCR assay for F+ RNA coliphages to trace fecal pollution in Table Rock Lake on the Arkansas-Missouri border

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 3719-3724

  Dryden, S K ^a   Ramaswami, B ^a   Yuan, Z ^a   Giammar, D E ^a   Angenent, L T ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophages; F+ RNA; Fecal indicators; MPN; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; CONTAMINATION; FILTRATION; RNA;

F+ RNA; FECAL INDICATORS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR); RT-PCR;

LAKE POLLUTION;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CONTAMINATION; FILTRATION; LAKE POLLUTION; RNA;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOASSAY; FECAL COLIFORM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COLIPHAGE; FECES; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

ARKANSAS; MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; TABLE ROCK LAKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751020549     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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