Evaluating the operational utility of a Bacteroidales quantitative PCR-based MST approach in determining the source of faecal indicator organisms at a UK bathing water

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 4888-4899

  Stapleton, Carl M ^a   Kay, David ^a   Wyer, Mark D ^a   Davies, Cheryl ^b   Watkins, John ^b   Kay, Chris ^a   McDonald, Adrian T ^c   Porter, Jonathan ^d   Gawler, Andrew ^d  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CREH ANALYTICAL LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; GENES; RNA; SEWAGE;

BATHING WATER; FECAL INDICATOR ORGANISMS; GENE COPY NUMBER; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; OPERATIONAL UTILITY; QUANTITATIVE PCR; REGULATORY ACTIONS; TRACKING APPROACHES; TRACKING DATA; TRACKING TECHNIQUES;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

RNA 16S; WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BATHING WATER; BIOINDICATOR; FECAL COLIFORM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY APPROACH; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDALES; BATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FECES MICROFLORA; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACTEROIDALES;

EID: 71949083826     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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