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Identification of microbial faecal sources in the New River in the United States-Mexican border region.
Journal of water and health - 1 Jun 2009
Rahman Rezaur, Alum Absar, Ryu Hodon, Abbaszadegan Morteza
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Water samples were analysed to differentiate human and animal faecal contamination of the New River, Mexico/USA, by genotyping bacterial viruses detected in the samples. From 46 water samples collected from the New River, 372 plaques of male-specific coliphages were isolated and genotyped; 44% of the plaques were identified as F-RNA coliphages and further characterized into four groups. Group I was the most...
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