Biotic interactions and sunlight affect persistence of fecal indicator bacteria and microbial source tracking genetic markers in the upper mississippi river

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 3952-3961

  Korajkic, Asja ^a   McMinn, Brian R ^a   Shanks, Orin C ^b   Sivaganesan, Mano ^b   Fout, G Shay ^a   Ashbolt, Nicholas J ^a,c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLLUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BIOTIC INTERACTIONS; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; RECREATIONAL BEACHES; STRONG CORRELATION;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

BACTERIUM; BIOTIC FACTOR; FECES; GENETIC MARKER; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

GENETIC MARKER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER; SUNLIGHT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; SUNLIGHT; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84902174037     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00388-14     Document Type: Article

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