Application of host-specific genetic markers for microbial source tracking of faecal water contamination in an agricultural catchment

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 65, Issue , 2015, Pages 164-172

  Paruch, Lisa ^a   Paruch, Adam M ^a   Buseth Blankenberg, Anne Grete ^a   Bechmann, Marianne ^a   Mæhlum, Trond ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

agricultural catchment; Bacteroidales marker; faecal contamination; MST; STEC; water

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTEROIDALES; EQUIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84927798985     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710.2014.941392     Document Type: Article

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