Occurrence of human-associated Bacteroidetes genetic source tracking markers in raw and treated wastewater of municipal and domestic origin and comparison to standard and alternative indicators of faecal pollution

Water Research

Volumn 90, Issue , 2016, Pages 265-276

  Mayer, R E ^a,b   Bofill Mas, S ^g   Egle, L ^a   Reischer, G H ^a,b   Schade, M ^f   Fernandez Cassi, X ^g   Fuchs, W ^h   Mach, R L ^a,b   Lindner, G ^b,c   Kirschner, A ^b,c   Gaisbauer, M ^d   Piringer, H ^e   Blaschke, A P ^a,b   Girones, R ^g   Zessner, M ^a   Sommer, R ^b,c   Farnleitner, A H ^a,b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Interuniversity Cooperation Centre for Water and Health   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Schreiber AWATEC Umwelttechnik GmbH   (Austria)

^e VRVIS RESEARCH CENTER   (Austria)

^f Bavarian Environment Agency   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

AllBac; BacHUM; Bacteriophage thetaiotaomicron; Clostridium perfringens; Enterococci; Escherichia coli; HF183 TaqMan; Human adenovirus (HAdV); JC polyomavirus (JCPyV)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRUSES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ALLBAC; BACHUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROCOCCI; HF183 TAQMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FECAL COLIFORM; GENETIC MARKER; IRRADIATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; VIRUS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTEROIDETES; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FECES MICROFLORA; GERMANY; HUMAN; JC VIRUS; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; ADENOVIRIDAE; BIOREACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; STATISTICAL MODEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

AUSTRIA; GERMANY;

BACTEROIDETES; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; JC POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS;

SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADENOVIRIDAE; AUSTRIA; BACTEROIDETES; BIOREACTORS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GERMANY; HUMANS; JC VIRUS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEWAGE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84951922031     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.12.031     Document Type: Article

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