Specificity and sensitivity evaluation of novel and existing Bacteroidales and Bifidobacteria-specific PCR assays on feces and sewage samples and their application for microbial source tracking in Ireland

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 4980-4988

  Dorai Raj, Siobhán ^a   Grady, Justin O' ^a   Colleran, Emer ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bacteroidales; Bifidobacteria; Fecal pollution; Microbial source tracking; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTEROIDALES; BIFIDOBACTERIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; FECAL POLLUTION; FIELD TESTING; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; RURAL WATERS; SENSITIVITY EVALUATION;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; FECES; MICROBIOLOGY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; TESTING METHOD; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDALES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM CATENULATUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IRELAND; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; BACTEROIDALES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM CATENULATUM;

EID: 71549164083     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.08.050     Document Type: Article

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