Ability of three DNA-based assays to identify presumptive Escherichia coli colonies isolated from water by the culture-based mFC agar method

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2638-2646

  Maheux, Andree F ^a,b   Berube, Eve ^a   Boudreau, Dominique K ^a   Cantin, Philippe ^c   Boissinot, Maurice ^a,b   Bissonnette, Luc ^a,b   Rodrigue, Lynda ^d   Bergeron, Michel G ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Ministere du Developpement durable de l'Environnement et des Parcs   (Canada)

^d Exova Canada Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; MFC agar; Real time PCR; Water analysis; Glucuronidase based assays

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AUTOMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALS; POLYSACCHARIDES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

AUTOMATED SYSTEMS; BETA-GLUCURONIDASE; CULTURE METHODS; FECAL CONTAMINATION; GLUCURONIDASE; MFC AGAR; POSITIVE SIGNALS; REAL-TIME PCR;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGAR; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; WATER;

AGAR; BIOASSAY; COLONY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DETECTION METHOD; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECAL COLIFORM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE TARGETING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAMMAL; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AVES; ESCHERICHIA ALBERTII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA FERGUSONII; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79953164660     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.02.021     Document Type: Article

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