Factors influencing the persistence of fecal Bacteroides in stream water

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1224-1232

  Bell, Alyssa ^a   Layton, Alice C ^a   McKay, Larry ^a   Williams, Dan ^a   Gentry, Randy ^a   Sayler, Gary S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; AGGREGATE SIZE; BACTEROIDES; BEST FIT; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; DECAY CONSTANTS; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; EXPONENTIAL DECAY FUNCTIONS; FECAL CONCENTRATIONS; FECAL INDICATOR ORGANISMS; FECAL SAMPLES; FIRST-ORDER; GAUSSIAN; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; LABORATORY MICROCOSM; LOW TEMPERATURES; PARAMETER FUNCTIONS; QUANTITATIVE REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREAM WATER; WATER TEMPERATURES;

BIOFILTRATION; MICROORGANISMS; POROUS MATERIALS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION;

RIVERS;

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTEROIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECAL COLIFORM; FILTRATION; HORSE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREAM (RIVER); WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER TREATMENT;

ANIMALS; BACTEROIDES; FECES; FILTRATION; FRESH WATER; GENES, RRNA; HORSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES SP.; EQUIDAE;

EID: 66649096846     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0258     Document Type: Article

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