Probabilistic analysis showing that a combination of bacteroides and methanobrevibacter source tracking markers is effective for identifying waters contaminated by human fecal pollution

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 13621-13628

  Johnston, Christopher ^a,b   Byappanahalli, Muruleedhara N ^c   Gibson, Jacqueline Macdonald ^e   Ufnar, Jennifer A ^d   Whitman, Richard L ^c   Stewart, Jill R ^b,e  

^a Jardon and Howard Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Southern Vermont College   (United States)

^e IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES; CONTAMINATED WATER; DEGREE OF CERTAINTY; HUMAN FECAL POLLUTION; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; POTENTIAL INDICATORS; PRIOR PROBABILITY; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS;

BIOMARKERS; CONTAMINATION; RNA; SEWAGE;

WATER POLLUTION;

DNA POLYMERASE; RNA 16S; SURFACE WATER; GENETIC MARKER; SEWAGE;

BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; FECES; GENETIC MARKER; HEALTH RISK; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDES; CROSS REACTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FECES; GENE FREQUENCY; HEALTH HAZARD; MARKER GENE; METHANOBREVIBACTER; METHANOBREVIBACTER SMITHII; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTEROIDES; BAYES THEOREM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; METHANOBREVIBACTER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84889856794     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403753k     Document Type: Article

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