Application of mitochondrial DNA analysis for microbial source tracking purposes in shellfish harvesting waters

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Baker Austin, Craig ^a   Rangdale, Rachel ^a   Lowther, James ^a   Lees, David N ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faecal contamination; Mitochondrial DNA; Shellfish; TaqMan

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENTS; GENES; HARVESTING; MITOCHONDRIA; POLLUTION DETECTION; PROBES; WATER POLLUTION;

CHARACTERISATION; CROSS REACTION; FAECAL CONTAMINATION; HARVESTING WATERS; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PCR AMPLIFICATION; REAL-TIME PCR; RELIABLE DETECTION; SOURCE TRACKING; SPIKED WATER SAMPLES; TAQMAN PROBES;

DNA;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; DNA; PRIMER DNA;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FECAL COLIFORM; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLLUSC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COW; CROSS REACTION; DNA DETERMINATION; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SHELLFISH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; OVIS; SUIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FECES; HUMANS; SHEEP; SHELLFISH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

EID: 77950354178     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.767     Document Type: Article

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