A proposal for source tracking of fecal pollution in recreational Waters by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 444-449

  Furukawa, Takashi ^a   Suzuki, Yoshihiro ^b  

^a OITA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coastal recreation area; Enterococci; Fecal pollution; Microbial source tracking; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIVER; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; JAPAN; RIVERS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84890959998     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME13075     Document Type: Article

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