Microbial indicators of fecal pollution: recent progress and challenges in assessing water quality

DA Holcomb, JR Stewart - Current environmental health reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Fecal contamination of water is a major public health concern.
This review summarizes recent developments and advancements in water quality indicators …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of microbial source tracking using host-specific genetic markers to identify origins of fecal contamination in different water environments

L Paruch, AM Paruch - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fecal contamination of water constitutes a serious health risk to humans and environmental
ecosystems. This is mainly due to the fact that fecal material carries a variety of …

Comparative fate of CrAssphage with culturable and molecular fecal pollution indicators during activated sludge wastewater treatment

Z Wu, J Greaves, L Arp, D Stone, K Bibby - Environment International, 2020 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants are typically monitored using fecal indicator bacteria to ensure
adequate microbial water quality of the treated effluent. Fecal indicator bacteria exhibit poor …

Evaluating acute gastroenteritis-causing pathogen reduction in wastewater and the applicability of river water for wastewater-based epidemiology in the Kathmandu …

N Sthapit, B Malla, S Tandukar, O Thakali… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization and population growth without the implementation of proper waste
management are capable of contaminating water sources, which can lead to acute …

Quantification of microbial source tracking and pathogenic bacterial markers in water and sediments of Tiaoxi River (Taihu Watershed)

KK Vadde, AJ McCarthy, R Rong, R Sekar - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Taihu Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes in China, serving as an important source of
drinking water;> 60% of source water to this lake is provided by the Tiaoxi River. This river …

Performance evaluation of human-specific viral markers and application of pepper mild mottle virus and crAssphage to environmental water samples as fecal pollution …

B Malla, R Ghaju Shrestha, S Tandukar… - Food and Environmental …, 2019 - Springer
Monitoring of environmental water is crucial to protecting humans and animals from possible
health risks. Although numerous human-specific viral markers have been designed to track …

Impacts of rapid urbanization on characteristics, sources and variation of fecal coliform at watershed scale

X Zhang, L Chen, Z Shen - Journal of environmental management, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial pollution is an environmental problem of growing concern for threatening human
health. However, the impacts of rapid urbanization on characteristics, sources and variation …

[HTML][HTML] Bacteroidales as a fecal contamination indicator in fresh produce industry: A baseline measurement

J Wang, M Ranjbaran, MS Verma - Journal of Environmental Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Foodborne outbreaks caused by fecal contamination of fresh produce represent a serious
concern to public health and the economy. As the consumption of fresh produce increases …

Applicability of F-specific bacteriophage subgroups, PMMoV and crAssphage as indicators of source specific fecal contamination and viral inactivation in rivers in …

Y Meuchi, M Nakada, K Kuroda, S Hanamoto, A Hata - PLoS One, 2023 - journals.plos.org
To date, several microbes have been proposed as potential source-specific indicators of
fecal pollution. 16S ribosomal RNA gene markers of the Bacteroidales species are the most …

Prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes in drinking and environmental water sources of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

M Amarasiri, T Takezawa, B Malla… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria-associated infections are responsible for more than 1.2 million
annual deaths worldwide. In low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), the consumption of …