Microbial source tracking in a small southern California urban watershed indicates wild animals and growth as the source of fecal bacteria

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 927-934

  Jiang, Sunny C ^a   Chu, Weiping ^a   Olson, Betty H ^a   He, Jian Wen ^a   Choi, Samuel ^a   Zhang, Jenny ^a   Le, Joanne Y ^a   Gedalanga, Phillip B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Antibiotic resistance analysis (ARA); E. coli biomarkers; Enterovirus; Human virus; Microbial source tracking (MST); Urban watershed

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; RIVER POLLUTION; VIRUSES;

ADENOVIRUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE ANALYSIS (ARA); MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING (MST); URBAN WATERSHEDS;

WATERSHEDS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; FECAL COLIFORM; GROWTH; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; TOXIN; TRACKING; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIRD; COW; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROVIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; INOCULATION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBIT; SOIL MICROFLORA; TOXIN ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED; WILD ANIMAL;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CALIFORNIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URBAN POPULATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; ORANGE COUNTY [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROVIRUS; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 34548317402     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-007-1047-0     Document Type: Article

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