Assessment of source tracking methods for application in spring water

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 473-488

  Wicki, Melanie ^a   Auckenthaler, Adrian ^e   Felleisen, Richard ^b   Karabulut, Fatma ^c   Niederhauser, Isabel ^b   Tanner, Marcel ^d   Baumgartner, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL FOOD SAFETY AND VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS GROUP FOR CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH SAKK   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e Office of Environmental Protection and Energy ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contamination; Indicator; Pollution; Source tracking; Spring water

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER; FRESH WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FERMENTATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SPRING WATER; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIALES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; NONHUMAN; RHODOCOCCUS COPROPHILUS; SPRING; SWITZERLAND; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; BACTEROIDES; RHODOCOCCUS COPROPHILUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84930586693     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2014.255     Document Type: Article

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