Fecal pollution is measured in surface waters using culture-based measurements of
enterococci and Escherichia coli bacteria. Source apportionment of these two fecal indicator
bacteria is an urgent need for prioritizing remediation efforts and quantifying health risks
associated with source-specific pathogens. There are a number of quantitative real-time
PCR (QPCR) assays...
Fecal pollution is measured in surface waters using culture-based measurements of
enterococci and Escherichia coli bacteria. Source apportionment of these two fecal indicator
bacteria is an urgent need for prioritizing remediation efforts and quantifying health risks
associated with source-specific pathogens. There are a number of quantitative real-time
PCR (QPCR) assays...
Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) assays that target the human-associated HF183 bacterial cluster within members of the genus Bacteroides are among the most widely used methods for the characterization of human fecal pollution in ambient surface waters. In this study, we show that a current TaqMan HF183 qPCR assay (HF183/BFDrev) routinely...
Fecal pollution is measured in surface waters using culture-based measurements of enterococci and Escherichia coli bacteria. Source apportionment of these two fecal indicator bacteria is an urgent need for prioritizing remediation efforts and quantifying health risks associated with source-specific pathogens. There are a number of quantitative real-time PCR (QPCR) assays...
Genetic markers from Bacteroides and other faecal bacteria are being tested for inclusion in regulations to quantify aquatic faecal contamination and estimate public health risk. For the method to be used quantitatively across environments, persistence and decay of markers must be understood. We measured concentrations of contaminant molecular markers targeting...
Waterborne fecal contamination poses serious risks to human health and can disrupt aquatic ecosystems. Molecular marker methods are widely used to identify and, in some cases, quantify the sources of contamination and guide management decisions regarding water resource protection. However, methods to detect some likely sources of fecal contamination such...