Article
Use of composite data sets for source-tracking enterococci in the water column and shoreline interstitial waters on Pensacola Beach, Florida.
Marine pollution bulletin - 1 Jul 2005
Genthner Fred J, James Joseph B, Yates Diane F, Friedman Stephanie D
Abstract excerpt
Sources of Enterococcus faecalis isolates from Pensacola Beach, FL. were identified using a library-based approach by applying the statistical method of average similarity to single and composite data sets generated from separate analyses. Data sets included antibiotic resistance analysis (ARA), rep-fingerprints, and fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) profiles. Use of a composite data set composed of ARA and...
Topics
- Animals
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Birds
- DNA Primers
- Databases, Genetic
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Enterococcus faecalis
- Environmental Monitoring
- Feces
- Florida
- Genotype
- Humans
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Oceans and Seas
- Phenotype
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Water Microbiology
