Evaluation of the nifH gene marker of methanobrevibacter smithii for the detection of sewage pollution in environmental waters in southeast Queensland, Australia

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 543-550

  Ahmed, W ^a,b   Sidhu, J P S ^a,b   Toze, S ^a,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FECES; ANIMAL SPECIES; AUSTRALIA; BACTEROIDES; DRY AND WET; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER SAMPLES; FECAL POLLUTION; HOST-SPECIFICITY; MAXIMUM VALUES; QUEENSLAND; SENSITIVE DETECTION; SURFACE PROTEINS; WASTEWATER SAMPLES;

ANIMALS; GENES; SCREENING; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENTEROCOCCUS SURFACE PROTEIN; NIFH PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; DETECTION METHOD; FECES; HOST SPECIFICITY; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN; SEWAGE; VIRUS; WATER POLLUTION;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTEROIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MARKER GENE; METHANOBREVIBACTER SMITHII; NONHUMAN; POLYOMA VIRUS; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENETIC MARKERS; HOST SPECIFICITY; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METHANOBREVIBACTER; QUEENSLAND; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; BACTEROIDES; METHANOBREVIBACTER SMITHII; POLYOMAVIRUS;

EID: 84855329239     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203372u     Document Type: Article

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