Toolbox approaches using molecular markers and 16S rRNA gene amplicon data sets for identification of fecal pollution in surface water

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 7067-7077

  Ahmed, W ^a,b   Staley, C ^c   Sadowsky, M J ^c   Gyawali, P ^a,d   Sidhu, J ^a,d   Palmer, A ^a   Beale, D J ^a   Toze, S ^a,d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DNA SEQUENCES; GENE ENCODING; GENES; POLLUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; RNA; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; BRISBANE , AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WATER POLLUTION;

DATA SET; GENETIC MARKER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MAMMAL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; RNA; SURFACE WATER; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE;

GENETIC MARKER; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; BOVINE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HORSE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIRDS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; GENETIC MARKERS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HORSES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84943338636     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02032-15     Document Type: Article

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