Performance of forty-one microbial source tracking methods: A twenty-seven lab evaluation study

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 6812-6828

  Boehm, Alexandria B ^a   Van De Werfhorst, Laurie C ^c   Griffith, John F ^b   Holden, Patricia A ^c   Jay, Jenny A ^d   Shanks, Orin C ^e   Wang, Dan ^a   Weisberg, Stephen B ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of California   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteroidales; Enterococci; Fecal pollution; Microbial source tracking

Indexed keywords

HOLMIUM COMPOUNDS; LABORATORIES; MAMMALS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION; WELL TESTING;

BACTEROIDALES; ENTEROCOCCI; FECAL POLLUTION; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING METHODS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TARGET AND NON TARGETS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ABUNDANCE; CATTLE; FECES; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PIG; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEABIRD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEWAGE;

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; LABORATORY; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANSER; BACTEROIDALES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVIDAE; COLUMBA; EQUIDAE; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

BACTEROIDALES; ENTEROCOCCI; FECAL POLLUTION; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING;

ANIMALS; BACTEROIDETES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRDS; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84887203418     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.12.046     Document Type: Article

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