Presence of Bacteroidales as a predictor of pathogens in surface waters of the central California coast

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 5802-5814

  Schriewer, Alexander ^a   Miller, Woutrina A ^b   Byrne, Barbara A ^b   Miller, Melissa A ^c   Oates, Stori ^c   Conrad, Patricia A ^b   Hardin, Dane ^d   Yang, Hsuan Hui ^b   Chouicha, Nadira ^b   Melli, Ann ^b   Jessup, Dave ^c   Dominik, Clare ^d   Wuertz, Stefan ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^d Applied Marine Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT WATERS; BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; BAYESIAN; CALIFORNIA; CAMPYLOBACTER SPP; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; FECAL BACTERIA; FECAL COLIFORMS; FECAL CONTAMINATION; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; FECAL SOURCES; GENETIC MARKERS; GIARDIA; MONTEREY BAY; PREDICTIVE ABILITIES; QUANTITATIVE PCR; SALMONELLA SPP; STUDY SITES; TOTAL COLIFORMS; UNIVERSAL ASSAY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO SPP; WATER QUALITY MONITORING; WATER-BORNE PATHOGENS;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SURFACE WATERS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

PATHOGENS;

SEA WATER;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOASSAY; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FECAL COLIFORM; GENETIC MARKER; PATHOGEN; PROTOZOAN; RIVER SYSTEM; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTEROIDETES; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DOG; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GIARDIA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTEROIDETES; CALIFORNIA; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DOGS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIARDIA; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; SEAWATER; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDALES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA; SALMONELLA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 77956603783     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00635-10     Document Type: Article

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