Distribution of human-specific Bacteroidales and fecal indicator bacteria in an urban watershed impacted by sewage pollution, determined using RNA- and DNA-based quantitative PCR assays

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 91-99

  Kapoor, Vikram ^a,b   Pitkänen, Tarja ^c,d   Ryu, Hodon ^a   Elk, Michael ^a   Wendell, David ^b   Santo Domingo, Jorge W ^d  

^a PEGASUS TECHNICAL SERVICES INC   (United States)

^b 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; BACILLI; COLIFORM BACTERIA; DNA; RNA; SEWAGE; SIGNAL DETECTION; TRANSCRIPTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS; DETECTION FREQUENCY; DETECTION SENSITIVITY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOASSAY; FECES; GENETIC MARKER; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEWAGE; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED;

BACTEROIDALES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA;

BACTEROIDETES; CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BACTEROIDETES; CITIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMANS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84917691304     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02446-14     Document Type: Article

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