[HTML][HTML] Enterococci as indicators of environmental fecal contamination

AB Boehm, LM Sassoubre - 2014 - europepmc.org
Enterococci are found in high concentrations in human feces, usually between 104 and 106
bacteria per gram wet weight (Layton, Walters, Lam, & Boehm, 2010; Slanetz & Bartley …

Swimmer risk of gastrointestinal illness from exposure to tropical coastal waters impacted by terrestrial dry-weather runoff

EJ Viau, D Lee, AB Boehm - Environmental science & technology, 2011 - ACS Publications
This study used molecular methods to measure concentrations of four enteric viruses
(adenovirus, enterovirus, norovirus GI, and norovirus GII) and fecal source tracking markers …

Microbial community structure of sea spray aerosols at three California beaches

KE Graham, AJ Prussin, LC Marr… - FEMS microbiology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We characterized the microbial communities in sea spray aerosols (SSA), water and sand of
three beaches in central California (Cowell Beach, Baker Beach and Lovers Point) by …

Marine and freshwater fecal indicators and source identification

SL McLellan, AB Boehm, OC Shanks - Infectious diseases: selected …, 2012 - Springer
Fecal indicators are organisms or chemical constituents found in fecal material or
wastewater from humans and other animals can contaminant surface waters and pose a …

Application of molecular source tracking and mass balance approach to identify potential sources of fecal indicator bacteria in a tropical river

KM Yamahara, DP Keymer, BA Layton, SP Walters… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Microbial source tracking and a mass balance approach were used to identify sources of
fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) in the Hanalei River, Kaua'i, Hawai'i. Historically …

Bacterial Indicators of Fecal Pollution: Exploring Relationships between Fecal Coliform and Enterococcus Groups in Central and South Florida Surface Waters

SG Craig - 2016 - nsuworks.nova.edu
Ambient and recreational surface waters worldwide experience fecal pollution due to a
variety of anthropogenic sources. Fecal waste has been proven, for over a century, to harbor …