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Application of PFGE to source tracking of faecal pollution in coastal recreation area: a case study in Aoshima Beach, Japan.
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Mar 2011
Furukawa T, Yoshida T, Suzuki Y
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AIMS: The development of a microbial source tracking (MST) method is strongly desired to ensure public health and bacteriological safety in coastal recreation areas. We try to specify the source of faecal pollution by applying pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) to the study of the aquatic environment on Aoshima Beach, Japan. METHODS AND RESULTS: Enterococcus faecium, an enterococcus, was used as a faecal...
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