Rapid identification and differentiation of agricultural faecal contamination sources using multiplex PCR

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 529-532

  Baker Austin, C ^a   Morris, J ^b   Lowther, J A ^a   Rangdale, R ^a   Lees, D N ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faecal contamination; Microbial source tracking; Mitochondrial DNA; Multiplex PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; MITOCHONDRIA; MULTIPLEXING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLLUTION DETECTION; WATER POLLUTION;

16S RRNA; AGRICULTURAL SOURCES; COMMON SOURCE; CONSERVED REGIONS; E. COLI; FAECAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL SOURCE-TRACKING; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MULTIPLEX PCR; RAPID IDENTIFICATION; WATER SAMPLES;

CONTAMINATION;

CYTOCHROME B; RNA 16S;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOASSAY; CYTOCHROME; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; FECES; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RNA;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COW; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; FECES ANALYSIS; GOAT; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; SWINE; UIDA GENE; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; EUKARYOTA; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 70349114573     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02679.x     Document Type: Article

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