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Comparison of seven protocols to identify fecal contamination sources using Escherichia coli.
Environmental science & technology - 15 Nov 2004
Stoeckel Donald M, Mathes Melvin V, Hyer Kenneth E, Hagedorn Charles, Kator Howard, Lukasik Jerzy, O'Brien Tara L, Fenger Terry W, Samadpour Mansour, Strickler Kriston M, Wiggins Bruce A
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Microbial source tracking (MST) uses various approaches to classify fecal-indicator microorganisms to source hosts. Reproducibility, accuracy, and robustness of seven phenotypic and genotypic MST protocols were evaluated by use of Escherichia coli from an eight-host library of known-source isolates and a separate, blinded challenge library. In reproducibility tests, measuring each protocol's ability to reclassify...
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