Identification of nonpoint sources of fecal pollution in coastal waters by using host-specific 16S ribosomal DNA genetic markers from fecal anaerobes
Bernhard AE;Field KG;;
Applied and environmental microbiology2000Vol. 66pp. -
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ae2000appliedidentification
Abstract
We describe a new PCR-based method for distinguishing human and cow fecal contamination in coastal waters without culturing indicator organisms, and we show that the method can be used to track bacterial marker sequences in complex environments. We identified two human-specific genetic markers and f …