Evaluation of Bacteroides fragilis GB-124 bacteriophages as novel human-associated faecal indicators in the United States

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 115-121

  Mcminn, B R ^a   Korajkic, A ^a   Ashbolt, N J ^a,b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; GB 124 Bacteroides phage; Human faecal indicator

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ADENOVIRUS; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; COLIPHAGES; EUROPEAN UNION; FAECAL SAMPLES; FECAL INDICATORS; GB-124 BACTEROIDES PHAGE; HUMAN FAECAL; HUMAN FECAL INDICATOR;

SEWAGE;

BACTERIOPHAGE; EUROPEAN UNION; FECES; SAMPLING; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CATTLE; CHICKEN; COLIPHAGE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COW; DENSITY; DOG; DRY WEIGHT; EFFLUENT; FECES; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORSE; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MANURE; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; SEWAGE; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SPECIES; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

UNITED STATES;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALIA; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS;

ADENOVIRUS; GB-124 BACTEROIDES PHAGE; HUMAN FAECAL INDICATOR;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; COLIPHAGES; FECES; GENES, VIRAL; HOST SPECIFICITY; HUMANS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS; SEWAGE; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84902318953     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12252     Document Type: Article

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