Quantitative PCR assay of sewage-associated bacteroides markers to assess sewage pollution in an urban lake in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 838-845

  Ahmed, Warish ^a,b,e   Yusuf, Rita ^c   Hasan, Imtiaj ^d   Goonetilleke, Ashantha ^b   Gardner, Ted ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

^e Department of Natural Resources and Water ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Fecal indicator bacteria; Host specific molecular markers; Microbial source tracking; Public health risk; Sewage pollution

Indexed keywords

BACTEROIDES; BANGLADESH; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; LAKE WATER SAMPLES; LAKE WATERS; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; MOLECULAR ASSAYS; MOLECULAR MARKER; POTENTIAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS; QUANTITATIVE DETECTION; QUANTITATIVE PCR; ROBUST STRATEGY; URBAN LAKE; WATER SAMPLES;

BACTERIOLOGY; HEALTH; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LAKES; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

HEALTH RISKS;

LAKE WATER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; CHILD HEALTH; DETECTION METHOD; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; GENOMICS; HEALTH RISK; LAKE POLLUTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTEROIDES; BANGLADESH; BATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; GENOMICS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; TEXTILE WASHING; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA; BACTEROIDES; BANGLADESH; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH];

BACTEROIDES;

EID: 77958591639     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W10-070     Document Type: Article

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