Association of fecal indicator bacteria with human viruses and microbial source tracking markers at coastal beaches impacted by nonpoint source pollution

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 6423-6432

  McQuaig, Shannon ^a   Griffith, John ^b   Harwood, Valerie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTEROIDES; CALIFORNIA; CULTURABLE; FECAL COLIFORMS; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; HUMAN PATHOGENS; HUMAN VIRUS; MARINE BEACHES; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; NESTED PCR; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLYOMAVIRUS; QUANTITATIVE PCR; RECREATIONAL WATER QUALITY; REGULATORY STANDARDS; REGULATORY THRESHOLDS;

BEACHES; DEGRADATION; PATHOGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; VIRUSES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

MARINE POLLUTION;

SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; BEACH; BIOMARKER; HEALTH RISK; MARINE POLLUTION; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHANOBREVIBACTER; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; SWIMMING; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BACTEROIDES; BATHING BEACHES; CALIFORNIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMANS; METHANOBREVIBACTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ADENOVIRIDAE; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES SP.; METHANOBREVIBACTER SMITHII; POLYOMAVIRUS;

EID: 84866181152     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00024-12     Document Type: Article

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