Temporal assessment of the impact of exposure to cow feces in two watersheds by multiple host-specific PCR assays

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 6839-6847

  Lee, Yong Jin ^a   Molina, Marirosa ^a   Santo Domingo, Jorge W ^b   Willis, Jonathan D ^a   Cyterski, Michael ^a   Endale, Dinku M ^c   Shanks, Orin C ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; CONTAMINATION; COSMIC RAYS; EXTRACTION; LANDFORMS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; WATERSHEDS;

16S RRNA GENES; BACTERIAL POPULATIONS; BINARY LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; DNA EXTRACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; FECAL INDICATORS; FECAL POLLUTIONS; MICROBIAL SOURCES; PCR ASSAYS; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; TEMPORAL ASSESSMENTS; WATER SAMPLES;

WATER POLLUTION;

DRINKING WATER; RNA 16S;

BIOASSAY; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECES; GENETIC MARKER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUNOFF; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDES; COW; FECES; MANURE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDALES; BOS;

EID: 55949118401     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00601-08     Document Type: Article

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