Development of a sensitive detection method for stressed E. coli O157:H7 in source and finished drinking water by culture-qPCR

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2250-2256

  Sen, Keya ^a   Sinclair, James L ^a   Boczek, Laura ^b   Rice, Eugene W ^c  

^a Technical Support Center   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELLS; COMMERCIAL SOURCES; CT-VALUE; DRINKING WATER; E.COLI O157:H7; PRE-ENRICHMENT; PRESENCE-ABSENCE; RAPID DETECTION; SENSITIVE DETECTION; SHARP INCREASE; UNTREATED SURFACE WATER;

CHLORINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTABLE WATER; SURFACE WATERS;

CELL CULTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; EAE PROTEIN; STX1 PROTEIN; STX2 PROTEIN; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHLORINE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; DRINKING WATER; FLUORESCENCE; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL COUNT; CELL STRESS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STARVATION;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHLORINE; DISINFECTANTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FRESH WATER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79953905572     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es103365b     Document Type: Article

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