An environmental survey of surface waters using mitochondrial DNA from human, bovine and porcine origin as fecal source tracking markers

Water Research

Volumn 69, Issue , 2015, Pages 143-153

  Villemur, Richard ^a   Imbeau, Marianne ^a   Vuong, Minh N ^b   Masson, Luke ^b,c   Payment, Pierre ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteroidales HF183; Fecal source tracking markers; Mitochondrial DNA; Watershed

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DNA; MAMMALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER POLLUTION; URBAN GROWTH; WATERSHEDS;

BACTEROIDALE HF183; ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEYS; FECAL COLIFORM; FECAL CONTAMINATION; FECAL SOURCE TRACKING MARKER; FECAL SOURCES; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SOURCE TRACKING; TRACKING MONITORING; WATER-BORNE PATHOGENS;

SURFACE WATERS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SURFACE WATER; GENETIC MARKER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CATTLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FECAL COLIFORM; FECES; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SURFACE WATER; SURVEY; TRACKING; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTEROIDALES; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; SWINE; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BACTEROIDETES; BOVINE; CHEMISTRY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENETIC MARKER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; PRECIPITATION; RIVER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTEROIDALES; BOVINAE; SUS;

ANIMALS; BACTEROIDETES; CATTLE; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; RIVERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUS SCROFA; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84913528801     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.10.063     Document Type: Article

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