Domestic wastewater influent profiling using mitochondrial real-time PCR for source tracking animal contamination

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-22

  Caldwell, Jane M ^a   Levine, Jay F ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal contaminants; Mitochondrial DNA; Source tracking; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; HUMIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; DOG; DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENT; EUKARYOTE; GOOSE; HUMAN; LABELING INDEX; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SWINE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WHITE TAILED DEER;

ANIMALS; CATS; CATTLE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; BRANTA CANADENSIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EUKARYOTA; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 62349119949     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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