Contamination of water resources by pathogenic bacteria

PK Pandey, PH Kass, ML Soupir, S Biswas, VP Singh - Amb Express, 2014 - Springer
Water-borne pathogen contamination in water resources and related diseases are a major
water quality concern throughout the world. Increasing interest in controlling water-borne …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding environmental DNA detection probabilities: A case study using a stream-dwelling char Salvelinus fontinalis

TM Wilcox, KS McKelvey, MK Young… - Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Environmental DNA sampling (eDNA) has emerged as a powerful tool for detecting aquatic
animals. Previous research suggests that eDNA methods are substantially more sensitive …

[KİTAP][B] Vertical flow constructed wetlands: eco-engineering systems for wastewater and sludge treatment

A Stefanakis, CS Akratos, VA Tsihrintzis - 2014 - books.google.com
Vertical flow constructed wetlands for wastewater and sludge treatment represent a
relatively new and still growing technology. Vertical Flow Constructed Wetlands is the first …

[HTML][HTML] A wastewater-based epidemic model for SARS-CoV-2 with application to three Canadian cities

S Nourbakhsh, A Fazil, M Li, CS Mangat, SW Peterson… - Epidemics, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has stimulated wastewater-based surveillance, allowing public
health to track the epidemic by monitoring the concentration of the genetic fingerprints of …

Irrigation waters as a source of pathogenic microorganisms in produce: a review

Y Pachepsky, DR Shelton, JET McLain, J Patel… - Advances in …, 2011 - Elsevier
There is increasing evidence that consumption of raw fresh produce is a major factor
contributing to human gastrointestinal illness. A wide variety of pathogens contribute to …

Escherichia Coli and Fecal Coliforms in Freshwater and Estuarine Sediments

YA Pachepsky, DR Shelton - Critical reviews in environmental …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
It has been known for some time that substantial populations of fecal coliforms and E. coli
are harbored in freshwater bottom sediments, bank soils, and beach sands. However, the …

Apportioning catchment scale sediment sources using a modified composite fingerprinting technique incorporating property weightings and prior information

AL Collins, DE Walling, L Webb, P King - Geoderma, 2010 - Elsevier
Sediment fingerprinting techniques provide a means of assembling valuable reliable
information on the principal sources of sediment problems at catchment scale. However …

Abundance and distribution of enteric bacteria and viruses in coastal and estuarine sediments—A review

F Hassard, CL Gwyther, K Farkas, A Andrews… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The long term survival of fecal indicator organisms (FIOs) and human pathogenic
microorganisms in sediments is important from a water quality, human health and ecological …

Characterizing relationships among fecal indicator bacteria, microbial source tracking markers, and associated waterborne pathogen occurrence in stream water and …

JK Bradshaw, BJ Snyder, A Oladeinde, D Spidle… - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
Bed sediments of streams and rivers may store high concentrations of fecal indicator
bacteria (FIB) and pathogens. Due to resuspension events, these contaminants can be …