Evaluation of multiple sewage-associated Bacteroides PCR markers for sewage pollution tracking

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 4872-4877

  Ahmed, W ^a,b   Goonetilleke, A ^b   Powell, D ^b   Gardner, T ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteroides; Feral pollution; Microbial source tracking; Sewage associated markers; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

AUSTRALIA; BACTEROIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; FAECAL SAMPLES; FERAL POLLUTION; HUMAN FAECAL; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; PCR MARKERS; SEWAGE POLLUTIONS; SEWAGE-ASSOCIATED MARKER;

WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BIOMARKER; DNA; FECAL COLIFORM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TESTING METHOD; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTEROIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FECES ANALYSIS; HOST RANGE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; BACTEROIDES;

EID: 71549133364     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.08.042     Document Type: Article

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