Differential decay of human faecal Bacteroides in marine and freshwater

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3235-3249

  Green, Hyatt C ^a   Shanks, Orin C ^b   Sivaganesan, Mano ^b   Haugland, Richard A ^c   Field, Katharine G ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (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 DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; FRESH WATER; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEWAGE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUNLIGHT;

BACTEROIDES; BAYES THEOREM; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; FRESH WATER; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; SUNLIGHT; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES SP.; ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 82555172353     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02549.x     Document Type: Article

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