Cultivation-independent analysis of bacteria in IDEXX quanti-tray/2000 fecal indicator assays

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 627-633

  Sercu, Bram ^a   Van De Werfhorst, Laurie C ^a   Murray, Jill L S ^b   Holden, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Santa Barbara City College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL POPULATION; CLONE SEQUENCES; COLIFORMS; DRY WEATHER FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER SAMPLES; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; FECAL INDICATORS; IN-SILICO; INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY; MOLECULAR METHODS; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE; ROUTINE MONITORING; SELECTIVE INHIBITION; SHEWANELLA; SUBSTRATE TECHNOLOGY; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENTS; VIBRIO SPP;

ASSAYS; BACTERIOLOGY; CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RNA; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WELLS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; FRESH WATER; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECAL COLIFORM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMORPHISM; SEWAGE; SWIMMING; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FECES; FRESH WATER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHEWANELLA; VIBRIO;

EID: 79551503963     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01113-10     Document Type: Article

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