Determination of crAssphage in water samples and applicability for tracking human faecal pollution

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1775-1780

  García Aljaro, Cristina ^a   Ballesté, Elisenda ^a   Muniesa, Maite ^a   Jofre, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CRASSPHAGE; DNA MARKER; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; VIRUS DETECTION; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMANS; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 85030117510     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12841     Document Type: Article

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