Quantification of enterococci and bifidobacteria in Georgia estuaries using conventional and molecular methods

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 4001-4009

  Morrison, Clayton R ^a   Bachoon, Dave S ^a   Gates, Keith W ^b  

^a GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal pollution; Indicator organism; Membrane filtration; qPCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ESTUARIES; GENES; HEALTH RISKS; MICROFILTRATION; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; RNA;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; FECAL POLLUTION; INDICATOR ORGANISMS; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; QPCR; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES-SPECIFIC PRIMERS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES; FILTRATION; HEALTH RISK; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESTUARY; FECES MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS;

EID: 50549098817     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.07.021     Document Type: Article

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