Evaluation of two spike-and-recovery controls for assessment of extraction efficiency in microbial source tracking studies

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 4820-4827

  Stoeckel, Donald M ^a   Stelzer, Erin A ^a   Dick, Linda K ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extraction efficiency; Microbial source tracking; Quality control; Quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Water

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; EFFICIENCY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RECOVERY;

16S RDNA; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; GENE SEQUENCES; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; QUANTITATIVE PCR; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOVERY CONTROL; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; TARGET GENES;

EXTRACTION;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA 16S; RIVER WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DNA; EXTRACTION METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER WATER; TESTING METHOD; WATER QUALITY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDALES; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTEROIDALES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PANTOEA STEWARTII;

EID: 71549140058     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.06.028     Document Type: Article

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