Tracing fecal pollution sources in karst groundwater by Bacteroidales genetic biomarkers, bacterial indicators, and environmental variables

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 490, Issue , 2014, Pages 1082-1090

  Zhang, Ya ^a   Kelly, Walton R ^b   Panno, Samuel V ^c   Liu, Wen Tso ^a  

^a United States of America   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial indicators; Bacteroidales based microbial source tracking; Environmental variables; Fecal contamination; Karst

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRICULTURE; BIOMARKERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LANDFORMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; FECAL CONTAMINATION; KARST; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING;

CONTAMINATION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUND WATER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GENETIC MARKER;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FECAL COLIFORM; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; KARST HYDROLOGY; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALKALINITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BACTEROIDALES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS; BACTEROIDETES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTEROIDETES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; GENETIC MARKERS; GROUNDWATER; ILLINOIS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84902118088     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.086     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. APHA, AWWA, WEF Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater 1998, American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C. 20th ed.
2. Bernhard A.E., Field K.G. Identification of nonpoint sources of fecal pollution in coastal waters by using host-specific 16S ribosomal DNA genetic markers from fecal anaerobes. Appl Environ Microbiol 2000, 66:1587-1594.
3. Blair R.J., Ray J.A., O'dell P.W., Marbert B.S., Goodmann P.T. Integrated surface water and groundwater assessment of large springs in the Green River Basin 2012, Kentucky Division of Water, Frankfort, KY, [http://water.ky.gov/groundwater/Documents/NPS0503-IntegratedSW-GWAssessmentGreenRiver.pdf].
4. Borchardt M.A., Bradbury K.R., Alexander E.C., Kolberg R.J., Alexander S.C., Archer J.R., et al. Norovirus outbreak caused by a new septic system in a dolomite aquifer. Ground Water 2011, 49:85-97.
5. Bureau USC State & County QuickFacts http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html.
6. Clarke K.R., Gorley R.N. PRIMER v6: user manual/tutorial 2006, PRIMER-E, Plymouth.
7. Crawford N.C., Groves C.G. Sinkhole collapse and ground water contamination problems resulting from storm water drainage wells on karst terrain. Karst geohazards 1995, 257-264.
8. Eckburg P.B., Bik E.M., Bernstein C.N., Purdom E., Dethlefsen L., Sargent M., et al. Diversity of the human intestinal microbial flora. Science 2005, 308:1635-1638.
9. Field K.G., Chern E.C., Dick L.K., Fuhrman J., Griffith J., Holden P.A., et al. A comparative study of culture-independent, library-independent genotypic methods of fecal source tracking. J Water Health 2003, 1:181-194.
10. Ford D.C., Williams P. Karst hydrogeology and geomorphology 2007, Wiley, New York.
11. Fox J.T., Adams G., Sharum M., Steelman K.L. Passive sampling of bioavailable organic chemicals in Perry County, Missouri cave streams. Environ Sci Technol 2010, 44:8835-8841.
12. Goeppert N., Goldscheider N. Transport and variability of fecal bacteria in carbonate conglomerate aquifers. Ground Water 2011, 49:77-84.
13. He Q.F., Yang P.H., Yuan W.H., Jiang Y.J., Pu J.B., Yuan D.X., et al. The use of nitrate, bacteria and fluorescent tracers to characterize groundwater recharge and contamination in a karst catchment, Chongqing, China. Hydrogeol J 2010, 18:1281-1289.
14. Heinz B., Birk S., Liedl R., Geyer T., Straub K.L., Andresen J., et al. Water quality deterioration at a karst spring (Gallusquelle, Germany) due to combined sewer overflow: evidence of bacterial and micro-pollutant contamination. Environ Geol 2009, 57:797-808.
15. Hong P.-Y., Wu J.-H., Liu W.-T. A high-throughput and quantitative hierarchical oligonucleotide primer extension (HOPE)-based approach to identify sources of faecal contamination in water bodies. Environ Microbiol 2009, 11:1672-1681.
16. Johnson T.B., McKay L.D., Layton A.C., Jones S.W., Johnson G.C., Cashdollar J.L., et al. Viruses and bacteria in karst and fractured rock aquifers in east Tennessee, USA. Ground Water 2011, 49:98-110.
17. Katz B.G., Griffin D.W. Using chemical and microbiological indicators to track the impacts from the land application of treated municipal wastewater and other sources on groundwater quality in a karstic springs basin. Environ Geol 2008, 55:801-821.
18. Katz B.G., Chelette A.R., Pratt T.R. Use of chemical and isotopic tracers to assess nitrate contamination and ground-water age, Woodville Karst Plain, USA. J Hydrol 2004, 289:36-61.
19. Katz B.G., Griffin D.W., McMahon P.B., Harden H.S., Wade E., Hicks R.W., et al. Fate of effluent-borne contaminants beneath septic tank drainfields overlying a karst aquifer. J Environ Qual 2010, 39:1181-1195.
20. Katz B.G., Eberts S.M., Kauffman L.J. Using Cl/Br ratios and other indicators to assess potential impacts on groundwater quality from septic systems: a review and examples from principal aquifers in the United States. J Hydrol 2011, 397:151-166.
21. Kelly W., Panno S., Hackley K., Martinsek A., Krapac I., Weibel C., et al. Bacteria contamination of groundwater in a mixed land-use karst region 2009, 1:69-78.
22. Lane D.J. 16S/23S rRNA sequencing. Nucleic acid techniques in bacterial systematics 1991, 115-175. Wiley, New York. E. Stackebrandt, M. Goodfelllow (Eds.).
23. Layton A., McKay L., Williams D., Garrett V., Gentry R., Sayler G. Development of Bacteroides 16S rRNA gene TaqMan-based real-time PCR assays for estimation of total, human, and bovine fecal pollution in water. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006, 72:4214-4224.
24. Mahler B.J., Valdes D., Musgrove M., Massei N. Nutrient dynamics as indicators of karst processes: comparison of the Chalk aquifer (Normandy, France) and the Edwards aquifer (Texas, USA). J Contam Hydrol 2008, 98:36-49.
25. Okabe S., Okayama N., Savichtcheva O., Ito T. Quantification of host-specific Bacteroides-Prevotella 16S rRNA genetic markers for assessment of fecal pollution in freshwater. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2007, 74:890-901.
26. Panno S.V., Weibel C.P., Li W.B. Karst regions of Illinois. Illinois State Geological Survey/Open File Series No. 1997-2 1997.
27. Panno S.V., Hackley K.C., Hwang H.H., Greenberg S.E., Krapac I.G., Landsberger S., et al. Characterization and identification of Na-Cl sources in ground water. Ground Water 2006, 44:176-187.
28. Panno S.V., Kelly W.R., Martinsek A.T., Hackley K.C. Estimating background and threshold nitrate concentrations using probability graphs. Ground Water 2006, 44:697-709.
29. Peterson E.W., Davis R.K., Orndorff H.A. 17 beta-estradiol as an indicator of animal waste contamination in mantled karst aquifers. J Environ Qual 2000, 29:826-834.
30. Pronk M., Goldscheider N., Zopfi J. Dynamics and interaction of organic carbon, turbidity and bacteria in a karst aquifer system. Hydrogeol J 2006, 14:473-484.
31. Pronk M., Goldscheider N., Zopfi J. Particle-size distribution as indicator for fecal bacteria contamination of drinking water from karst springs. Environ Sci Technol 2007, 41:8400-8405.
32. Reed T., Fryar A., Brion G., Ward J. Differences in pathogen indicators between proximal urban and rural karst springs, Central Kentucky, USA. 64 2011, 47-55. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg.
33. Reischer G.H., Haider J.M., Sommer R., Stadler H., Keiblinger K.M., Hornek R., et al. Quantitative microbial faecal source tracking with sampling guided by hydrological catchment dynamics. Environ Microbiol 2008, 10:2598-2608.
34. Reischer G.H., Kollanur D., Vierheilig J., Wehrspaun C., Mach R.L., Sommer R., et al. Hypothesis-driven approach for the identification of fecal pollution sources in water resources. Environ Sci Technol 2011, 45:4038-4045.
35. Sauer E.P., VandeWalle J.L., Bootsma M.J., McLellan S.L. Detection of the human specific Bacteroides genetic marker provides evidence of widespread sewage contamination of stormwater in the urban environment. Water Res 2011, 45:4081-4091.
36. Schmidt T.M., DeLong E.F., Pace N.R. Analysis of a marine picoplankton community by 16S rRNA gene cloning and sequencing. J Bacteriol 1991, 173:4371-4378.
37. Scott T.M., Rose J.B., Jenkins T.M., Farrah S.R., Lukasik J. Microbial source tracking: current methodology and future directions. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002, 68:5796-5803.
38. Shanks O.C., Atikovic E., Blackwood A.D., Lu J., Noble R.T., Domingo J.S., et al. Quantitative PCR for detection and enumeration of genetic markers of bovine fecal pollution. Appl Environ Microbiol 2008, 74:745-752.
39. Shanks O.C., White K., Kelty C.A., Hayes S., Sivaganesan M., Jenkins M., et al. Performance assessment PCR-based assays targeting Bacteroidales genetic markers of bovine fecal pollution. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010, 76:1359-1366.
40. Shanks O.C., White K., Kelty C.A., Sivaganesan M., Blannon J., Meckes M., et al. Performance of PCR-based assays targeting Bacteroidales genetic markers of human fecal pollution in sewage and fecal samples. Environ Sci Technol 2010, 44:6281-6288.
41. ter Braak C.J.F., Smilauer P. Canoco Reference Manual and Cano Draw for Windows User's Guide: Software for Canonical Ordination (Version 4.5). Report Microcomputer Power: Ithaca, NY 2002.
42. USDA Census of agriculture, Perry County, Missouri 2007, National Agricultural Statistics Service, [http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Online_Highlights/County_Profiles/Missouri/cp29157.pdf].
43. USDA Kentucky agricultural statistics 2010-2011 bulletin 2011, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Kentucky Field Office, [http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Kentucky/Publications/Annual_Statistical_Bulletin/B2011/b2011.html].
44. USDA Wisconsin county estimates 2011-2012 2012, National Agricultural Statistics Service, [http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Wisconsin/Publications/County_Estimates/index.asp].
45. USEPA Colilert®, Colilert-18® final approval 1992, 57. Federal Register.
46. Wicks C., Kelley C., Peterson E. Estrogen in a karstic aquifer. Ground Water 2004, 42:384-389.