Host-specific 16S rRNA gene markers of Bacteroidales for source tracking of fecal pollution in the subtropical coastal seawater of Hong Kong

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 6164-6174

  Liu, Rulong ^a   Chiang, Miranda H Y ^a   Lun, Clare H I ^a   Qian, Pei Yuan ^a   Lau, Stanley C K ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bacteroidales; Fecal pollution; Hong Kong; Microbial source tracking; Seawater; Subtropical

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DNA SEQUENCES; ESTUARIES; GENES; MAMMALS; MARINE POLLUTION; RNA; SEAWATER; TROPICS;

16S RRNA GENE; BACTEROIDALE; COASTAL SITES; FECAL POLLUTION; HONG-KONG; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; SOURCE TRACKING; SUBTROPICAL; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENTS;

SEWAGE;

DNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CANID; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES; FELID; GENETIC MARKER; HOST SPECIFICITY; MARINE POLLUTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PIG; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLYMORPHISM; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TRACKING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTEROIDALES; CAT; COASTAL WATERS; COMPUTER MODEL; COW; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; FECES; HONG KONG; HORSE; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; MARKER GENE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEA POLLUTION; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SWINE;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

BACTEROIDALES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 78649335501     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.07.035     Document Type: Article

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