Evaluation of multiple sewage-associated bacteroides PCR markers for sewage pollution tracking
Ahmed, Warish, Goonetilleke, Ashantha, Powell, Daniel, & Gardner, Ted (2009) Evaluation of multiple sewage-associated bacteroides PCR markers for sewage pollution tracking. Water Research, 43(19), pp. 4872-4877.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.08.042
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Abstract
The host specificity of the five published sewage-associated Bacteroides markers (i.e., HF183, BacHum, HuBac, BacH and Human-Bac) was evaluated in Southeast Queensland, Australia by testing fecal DNA samples (n = 186) from 11 animal species including human fecal samples collected via influent to a sewage treatment plant (STP). All human fecal samples (n = 50) were positive for all five markers indicating 100% sensitivity of these markers. The overall specificity of the HF183 markers to differentiate between humans and animals was 99%. The specificities of the BacHum and BacH markers were > 94%, suggesting that these markers are suitable for sewage pollution in environmental waters in Australia. The BacHum (i.e., 63% specificity) and Human-Bac (i.e., 79% specificity) markers performed poorly in distinguishing between the sources of human and animal fecal samples. It is recommended that the specificity of the sewage-associated markers must be rigorously tested prior to its application to identify the sources of fecal pollution in environmental waters.
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| ID Code: | 29217 |
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| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Keywords: | Fecal pollution, Water quality, Microbial source tracking, Bacteroides, Sewage-associated markers |
| ISSN: | 0043-1354 |
| Subjects: | Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > ENGINEERING (090000) > ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (090700) > Environmental Engineering Modelling (090702) Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (050000) > ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (050200) > Environmental Monitoring (050206) |
| Divisions: | Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering Past > Schools > School of Urban Development |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright 2009 Elsevier |
| Deposited On: | 10 Dec 2009 09:28 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Feb 2012 20:48 |
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