Validation and field testing of library-independent microbial source tracking methods in the Gulf of Mexico

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 4812-4819

  Harwood, Valerie J ^a   Brownell, Miriam ^a   Wang, Shiao ^b   Lepo, Joe ^c   Ellender, R D ^b   Ajidahun, Abidemi ^c   Hellein, Kristen N ^c   Kennedy, Elizabeth ^c   Ye, Xunyan ^b   Flood, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Indicator bacteria; Microbial source tracking; PCR; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; HEALTH RISKS; LABORATORIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; WATER QUALITY;

FIELD VALIDATION; INDICATOR BACTERIA; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROBIAL POLLUTION; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING METHODS; POLLUTION SOURCES;

WATER POLLUTION;

FRESH WATER; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIOASSAY; DETECTION METHOD; FECAL COLIFORM; HEALTH RISK; LABORATORY METHOD; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; TESTING METHOD; TRACKING; WATER QUALITY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDALES; BIRD; CAT; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CROSS REACTION; DOG; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; HEALTH HAZARD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; METHANOBREVIBACTER SMITHII; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WILD ANIMAL; WORKSHOP;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTEROIDALES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; METHANOBREVIBACTER SMITHII; POLYOMAVIRUS;

EID: 71549173118     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.06.029     Document Type: Article

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