Development and evaluation of a quantitative pcr assay targeting sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) fecal pollution

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4338-4345

  Ryu, Hodon ^a   Lu, Jingrang ^b   Vogel, Jason ^c   Elk, Michael ^a   Chávez Ramírez, Felipe ^d   Ashbolt, Nicholas ^b   Domingo, Jorge Santo ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Gulf Coast Bird Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; BAYESIAN STATISTICAL MODEL; CLONE LIBRARY; DETECTION ABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER SAMPLES; FECAL CONTAMINATION; FECAL POLLUTION; FECAL SAMPLES; HIGH CONFIDENCE; HOST-SPECIFICITY; LOW PROBABILITY; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; MICROBIAL WATER QUALITY; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PLATTE RIVER; PROTEOBACTERIA; QUANTITATIVE PCR; WATER SAMPLES;

GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; WATER QUALITY;

CRANES;

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

BACTERIUM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXCRETION; FECES; HOST SPECIFICITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOTA; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; FECES; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOTA; BIRDS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

PLATTE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACTEROIDETES; CLOSTRIDIA; GRUIDAE; GRUS CANADENSIS; PROTEOBACTERIA; UNCLASSIFIED LACTOBACILLALES;

EID: 84864082364     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07923-11     Document Type: Article

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