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Integrated analysis of established and novel microbial and chemical methods for microbial source tracking.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Sept 2006
Blanch Anicet R, Belanche-Muñoz Lluís, Bonjoch Xavier, Ebdon James, Gantzer Christophe, Lucena Francisco, Ottoson Jakob, Kourtis Christos, Iversen Aina, Kühn Inger, Mocé Laura, Muniesa Maite, Schwartzbrod Janine, Skraber Sylvain, Papageorgiou Georgios T, Taylor Huw, Wallis Jessica, Jofre Joan
Abstract excerpt
Several microbes and chemicals have been considered as potential tracers to identify fecal sources in the environment. However, to date, no one approach has been shown to accurately identify the origins of fecal pollution in aquatic environments. In this multilaboratory study, different microbial and chemical indicators were analyzed in order to distinguish human fecal sources from nonhuman fecal sources using...
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