Evaluation of bovine feces-associated microbial source tracking markers and their correlations with fecal indicators and zoonotic pathogens in a brisbane, australia, reservoir

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2682-2691

  Ahmed, W ^a,b   Sritharan, T ^a   Palmer, A ^a   Sidhu, J P S ^a,b   Tozea, 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

BRISBANE , AUSTRALIA; CAMPYLOBACTER SPP; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; SENSITIVITY VALUES; TARGET AND NON TARGETS; WASTEWATER SAMPLES;

DECAY (ORGANIC); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RNA; SCREENING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

MAMMALS;

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; EPIMERASE; PEROSAMINE SYNTHETASE; RNA 16S;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CORRELATION; FECES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATHOGEN; POLLUTION MONITORING; RESERVOIR; SAMPLING; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALMONELLA; TRANSAMINASES; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; BOVINE ADENOVIRUS; CAMPYLOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

EID: 84876195756     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03234-12     Document Type: Article

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