Methanobrevibacter ruminantium as an indicator of domesticated-ruminant fecal pollution in surface waters

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 7118-7121

  Ufnar, Jennifer A ^a,b   Wang, Shiao Y ^a   Ufnar, David F ^a   Ellender, R D ^a  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLLUTION DETECTION; SURFACE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION;

BOVINE LAGOON WASTE; METHANOBREVIBACTER RUMINANTIUM; RUMINANT FECAL POLLUTION; RUMINANTS;

BIOMARKERS;

SURFACE WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOINDICATOR; FECAL COLIFORM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUMINANT; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DOMESTICATION; FECES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GOAT; HUMAN; LAGOON; METHANOBREVIBACTER RUMINANTIUM; NIFH GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; FRESH WATER; METHANOBREVIBACTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUMINANTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

BOVINAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; METHANOBREVIBACTER RUMINANTIUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 35948986366     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00911-07     Document Type: Article

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