Quantitative assessment of Naegleria fowleri and Escherichia coli concentrations within a Texas reservoir

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 346-357

  Painter, Stephanie M ^a   Pfau, Russell S ^a   Brady, Jeff A ^b   McFarland, Anne M S ^a  

^a TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake Granbury; Microbial water quality; Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis; QPCR; Quantitative real time PCR; Recreational water quality

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ABUNDANCE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RESERVOIR; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DOSAGE; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLUBILIZATION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEXAS; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

LAKE GRANBURY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880902254     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2013.162     Document Type: Article

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