Microbial source tracking: Current methodology and future directions

The concept that the origin of fecal pollution can be traced using microbiological, genotypic, phenotypic, and chemical methods has been termed microbial source tracking. Scott et al provide an overview of microbial source tracking methods that are currently being used to predict and identify source...

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Published in:Applied and environmental microbiology 2002-12, Vol.68 (12), p.5796-5803
Main Authors: SCOTT, Troy M, ROSE, Joan B, JENKINS, Trade M, FARRAH, Samuel R, LUKASIK, Jerzy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Bacteroides fragilis - virology
Bifidobacterium - isolation & purification
Biological and medical sciences
Coliphages - isolation & purification
Enterovirus - isolation & purification
Environmental conditions
Feces
Feces - microbiology
Feces - virology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Genotype
Humans
Methods
Microbiological Techniques
Minireview
Phenotype
Pollution
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Ribotyping
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Summary:The concept that the origin of fecal pollution can be traced using microbiological, genotypic, phenotypic, and chemical methods has been termed microbial source tracking. Scott et al provide an overview of microbial source tracking methods that are currently being used to predict and identify sources of fecal pollution in the environment as well as provide insight into future directions in the field.
ISSN:0099-2240
1098-5336
DOI:10.1128/AEM.68.12.5796-5803.2002