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Identifying host sources of fecal pollution: diversity of Escherichia coli in confined dairy and swine production systems.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Oct 2005
Lu Zexun, Lapen David, Scott Andrew, Dang Angela, Topp Edward
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Repetitive extragenic palindromic PCR fingerprinting of Escherichia coli is one microbial source tracking approach for identifying the host source origin of fecal pollution in aquatic systems. The construction of robust known-source libraries is expensive and requires an informed sampling strategy. In many types of farming systems, waste is stored for several months before being released into the environment. In...
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