Evaluation of two quantitative PCR assays using Bacteroidales and mitochondrial DNA markers for tracking dog fecal contamination in waterbodies

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 459-467

  Tambalo, Dinah D ^a   Boa, Tyler ^a   Liljebjelke, Karen ^b   Yost, Christopher K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteroidales markers; Fecal pollution; Fecal source tracking; Freshwater; Mitochondrial DNA; Persistence

Indexed keywords

BACTEROIDALES; BISON; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVIDAE; EQUIDAE; OREAMNOS; RANGIFER TARANDUS; SUIDAE;

BACTERIAL DNA; FRESH WATER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BACTEROIDETES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84868230217     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.09.029     Document Type: Article

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