Public concern over polluted water is a major environmental issue worldwide. Microbial contamination of water arguably represents the most significant risk to human health on a …
A Bryan, N Shapir, MJ Sadowsky - Applied and environmental …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
Nonselected and natural populations of Escherichia coli from 12 animal sources and humans were examined for the presence and types of 14 tetracycline resistance …
HC Green, LK Dick, B Gilpin… - Applied and …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Avian feces contaminate waterways but contribute fewer human pathogens than human sources. Rapid identification and quantification of avian contamination would therefore be …
AA Sawant, NV Hegde, BA Straley… - Applied and …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A study was conducted to understand the descriptive and molecular epidemiology of antimicrobial-resistant gram-negative enteric bacteria in the feces of healthy …
LAK Johnson, MB Brown, EA Carruthers… - Applied and …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A horizontal, fluorophore-enhanced, repetitive extragenic palindromic-PCR (rep- PCR) DNA fingerprinting technique (HFERP) was developed and evaluated as a means to …
The development of a methodology to identify the origin of fecal pollution is important both for assessing the degree of risk posed to public health and for developing strategies to …
LJ Beversdorf, SM Bornstein‐Forst… - Journal of applied …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Aims: The Escherichia coli burden at a Great Lakes urban beach was evaluated during the summer months to determine if sand served as a reservoir for E. coli, and if there …
SL McLellan, EJ Hollis, MM Depas, M Van Dyke… - Journal of Great Lakes …, 2007 - Elsevier
Escherichia coli distribution and persistence in nearshore Lake Michigan were assessed following heavy rains and sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) and combined sewer overflow …
WB Ksoll, S Ishii, MJ Sadowsky… - Applied and …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
Epilithic periphyton communities were sampled at three sites on the Minnesota shoreline of Lake Superior from June 2004 to August 2005 to determine if fecal coliforms and …