Population dynamics and genetic variability of Escherichia coli in a mixed land-use watershed

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 484-496

  Wijesinghe, R Udenika ^a   Feng, Yucheng ^a   Wood, C Wesley ^a   Stoeckel, Donald M ^b   Shaw, Joey N ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E. Coli; Fecal contamination; rep PCR; Secondary habitat; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FECAL PELLET; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOTYPE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HEALTH MONITORING; LAND USE PLANNING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STREAMFLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FLOW RATE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HABITAT; LAND USE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ALABAMA; UNITED STATES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

FRESH WATER;

ALABAMA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRESH WATER; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70349785394     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2009.105     Document Type: Article

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