Evaluating the occurrence of host-specific bacteroidales, general fecal indicators, and bacterial pathogens in a mixed-use watershed

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 713-725

  Drozd, Mary ^a   Merrick, Natsuko N ^a   Sanad, Yasser M ^a   Dick, Linda K ^a   Dick, Warren A ^a   Rajashekara, Gireesh ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; FECAL CONTAMINATION; HETEROGENEOUS SOURCES; MIXED-USE WATERSHED; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRONG CORRELATION; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LANDFORMS; PATHOGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

WATER POLLUTION;

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDALES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CONDUCTANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HEALTH HAZARD; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; TEMPERATURE; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; RIVER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDALES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84879017459     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2012.0359     Document Type: Article

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