Consistency in the host specificity and host sensitivity of the Bacteroides HF183 marker for sewage pollution tracking

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 283-289

  Ahmed, W ^a,b   Masters, N ^b   Toze, S ^a,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Faecal pollution; HF183 marker; Host specificity; Microbial source tracking; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CATCHMENTS; CHAINS; DNA; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BACTEROIDES; DNA SAMPLES; FECAL DNA; FECAL POLLUTION; HF183 MARKER; HOST-SPECIFICITY; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; QUEENSLAND; SENSITIVITY VALUES; SEWAGE POLLUTIONS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN HF183; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; COMPOSITE; FECES; HOST SPECIFICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TRACKING;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTEROIDES; BIRD; CHICKEN; DNA EXTRACTION; DOG; FECES ANALYSIS; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; NONHUMAN; NONTARGET ORGANISM; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; TARGET ORGANISM; WASTE WATER;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTEROIDES; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84866149730     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2012.03291.x     Document Type: Article

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