Article
Potential use of a host associated molecular marker in Enterococcus faecium as an index of human fecal pollution.
Environmental science & technology - 1 Jan 2005
Scott Troy M, Jenkins Tracie M, Lukasik Jerzy, Rose Joan B
Abstract excerpt
Several genotypic and phenotypic microbial source tracking (MST) methods have been proposed and utilized to differentiate groups of microorganisms, usually indicator organisms, for the purpose of tracking sources of fecal pollution. Targeting of host-specific microorganisms is one of the approaches currently being tested. These methods are useful as they circumvent the need to isolate individual microorganisms...
Topics
- DNA, Bacterial
- Enterococcus faecium
- Environmental Monitoring
- Feces
- Gastroenteritis
- Genotype
- Humans
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Public Health
- Risk Assessment
- Virulence