Phylogenetic diversity and molecular detection of bacteria in gull feces

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3969-3976

  Lu, Jingrang ^a   Santo Domingo, Jorge W ^a,d   Lamendella, Regina ^b   Edge, Thomas ^c   Hill, Stephen ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; BACTERIOLOGY; CLONING; CONTAMINATION; DNA; GENES; HEALTH RISKS; LAKES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TURBULENT FLOW;

16S RRNA; AMERICAN SOCIETY; AQUATIC BIRDS; BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES; BACTERIAL SPECIES; CALIFORNIA; CATALASE (CAT); DNA EXTRACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL WATERS; FECAL BACTERIA; FECAL CONTAMINATION; FECAL SAMPLES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEORGIA (CO); GREAT LAKES (CO); LAKE ERIE; LAKE ONTARIO; MICHIGAN (CO); MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MOLECULAR DETECTION; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY; POTENTIAL RISKS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; TORONTO , CANADA; WISCONSIN (USA);

WATER POLLUTION;

CATALASE; DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAL TIME; RNA; SEABIRD; WATERFOWL;

ARTICLE; BACILLI; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDETES; BIRD; CATELLICOCCUS MARIMAMMALIUM; CLOSTRIDIA; DUCKS AND GEESE; FECES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH HAZARD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CHARADRIIFORMES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, RRNA; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

NORTH AMERICA;

ANATIDAE; AVES; BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MAMMALIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 46949102952     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00019-08     Document Type: Article

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