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Tracking the origin of faecal pollution in surface water: an ongoing project within the European Union research programme.
Journal of water and health - 1 Dec 2004
Blanch Anicet R, Belanche-Muñoz Luis, Bonjoch Xavier, Ebdon James, Gantzer Christophe, Lucena Francisco, Ottoson Jakob, Kourtis Christos, Iversen Aina, Kühn Inger, Moce Laura, Muniesa Maite, Schwartzbrod Janine, Skraber Sylvain, Papageorgiou George, Taylor Huw D, Wallis Jessica, Jofre Joan
Abstract excerpt
The objectives of this study are to generate knowledge about methods to track the sources of faecal pollution in surface waters, with the aim of having one or a few easy procedures applicable to different geographic areas in Europe. For this, a first field study using already proposed methods (genotypes of F-specific RNA bacteriophages, bacteriophages infecting Bacteroides fragilis, phenotypes of faecal coliforms...
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