Comparison of the host specificities of two Bacteroidales quantitative PCR assays used for tracking human fecal contamination

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 6258-6260

  Van De Werfhorst, Laurie C ^a   Sercu, Bram ^a   Holden, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FECAL SOURCES; HOST-SPECIFICITY; HUMAN FECAL; QUANTITATIVE PCR; REAL-TIME QUANTITATIVE PCR;

SEWAGE;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; HOST SPECIFICITY; MAMMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; CAT; CHARADRIIFORMES; DOG; EVALUATION; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RACCOON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BACTEROIDETES; CATS; CHARADRIIFORMES; DOGS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FECES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RACCOONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTEROIDALES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PROCYON;

EID: 80052726744     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00239-11     Document Type: Article

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