Fecal source tracking, the indicator paradigm, and managing water quality

KG Field, M Samadpour - Water research, 2007 - Elsevier
Fecal source tracking is used because standard methods of measuring fecal contamination
in water by enumerating fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) do not identify the sources of the …

Molecular biology and DNA microarray technology for microbial quality monitoring of water

K Lemarchand, L Masson… - Critical reviews in …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Frequency and Distribution of Tetracycline Resistance Genes in Genetically Diverse, Nonselected, and Nonclinical Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Diverse …

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 …

Genetic markers for rapid PCR-based identification of gull, Canada goose, duck, and chicken fecal contamination in water

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 …

Antimicrobial-resistant enteric bacteria from dairy cattle

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 …

Sample Size, Library Composition, and Genotypic Diversity among Natural Populations of Escherichia coli from Different Animals Influence Accuracy of Determining …

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 …

Comparison of five rep-PCR genomic fingerprinting methods for differentiation of fecal Escherichia coli from humans, poultry and wild birds

BR Mohapatra, K Broersma… - FEMS microbiology …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
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 …

The potential for beach sand to serve as a reservoir for Escherichia coli and the physical influences on cell die‐off

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 …

Distribution and fate of Escherichia coli in Lake Michigan following contamination with urban stormwater and combined sewer overflows

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 …

Presence and sources of fecal coliform bacteria in epilithic periphyton communities of Lake Superior

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 …