Evaluation of the host-specificity and prevalence of enterococci surface protein (esp) marker in sewage and its application for sourcing human fecal pollution

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1583-1588

  Ahmed, W ^a   Stewart, J ^b   Powell, D ^c   Gardner, T ^a  

^a Dep of Natural Resources and Water ^*  (Australia)

^b BMT WBM Australia   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; PHOTORESISTS; POLLUTION; POLLUTION DETECTION; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS; SURFACE TESTING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

AUSTRALIA; CONSECUTIVE DAYS; FECAL POLLUTION; FECAL SAMPLES; HOST SPECIFICITY; HUMAN FECAL POLLUTION; LIMIT-OF-DETECTION (LOD); QUEENSLAND; RAW SEWAGE; SECONDARY EFFLUENTS; SEPTIC SYSTEMS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT (STP); SURFACE PROTEINS; TESTING SAMPLES; TREATED EFFLUENT (TT);

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; ENTEROCOCCI SURFACE PROTEIN; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DILUTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESP GENE; FECES; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA PRIMERS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 47249156761     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0474     Document Type: Article

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