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78. Lee DY, Weir SC, Lee H, Trevors JT (2010) Quantitative identification of fecal water
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79. Sinigalliano CD, Ervin JS, Van De Werfhorst LC, Badgley BD, Balleste ´ E, Bartkowiak J,
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Wang D, Wanless D, Whitman RL, Wuertz S, Santo Domingo JW (2013) Multi-laboratory
evaluations of the performance of Catellicoccus marimammalium PCR assays developed to
target gull fecal sources. Water Res 47:6883–6896
80. Green HC, Dick LK, Gilpin B, Samadpour M, Field KG (2012) Genetic markers for rapid
PCR-based identification of gull, Canada goose, duck, and chicken fecal contamination in
water. Appl Environ Microbiol 78(2):503–510
81. Schriewer A, Goodwin KD, Sinigalliano CD, Cox AM, Wanless D, Bartkowiak J, Ebentier
DL, Hanley KT, Ervin J, Deering LA, Shanks OC, Peed LA, Meijer WG, Griffith JF,
SantoDomingo J, Jay JA, Holden PA, Wuertz S (2013) Performance evaluation of canineassociated Bacteroidales assays in a multi-laboratory comparison study. Water Res
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82. Raith MR, Kelty CA, Griffith JF, Schriewer A, Wuertz S, Mieszkin S, Gourmelon M,
Reischer GH, Farnleitner AH, Ervin JS, Holden PA, Ebentier DL, Jay JA, Wang D, Boehm
AB, Aw TG, Rose JB, Balleste ´ E, Meijer WG, Sivaganesan M, Shanks OC (2013) Comparison of PCR and quantitative real-time PCR methods for the characterization of ruminant and
cattle fecal pollution sources. Water Res 47:6921–6928
83. Harwood VJ, Levine AD, Scott TM, Chivukula V, Lukasik J, Farrah SR, Rose JB (2005)
Validity of the indicator organism paradigm for pathogen reduction in reclaimed water and
public health protection. Appl Environ Microbiol 71:3163–3170
84. Unno T, Jang J, Han D, Kim JH, Sadowsky MJ, Kim OS, Chun J, Hur HG (2010) Use of
barcoded pyrosequencing and shared OTUs to determine sources of fecal bacteria in watersheds. Environ Sci Technol 44:7777–7782
85. Cao Y, Wu CH, Andersen GL, Holden PA (2011) Community-analysis based methods. In:
Hagedorn C, Blanch A, Harwood VJ (eds) Microbial source tracking: methods, applications,
and case studies. Springer, New York, pp 251–282
86. McLellan SL, Huse SM, Mueller-Spitz SR, Andreishcheva EN, Sogin ML (2010) Diversity
and population structure of sewage-derived microorganisms in wastewater treatment plant
influent. Environ Microbiol 12:378–392
87. Shanks OC, Kelty CA, Archibeque S, Jenkins M, Newton RJ, McLellan SL, Huse SM, Sogin
ML (2011) Community structures of fecal bacteria in cattle from different animal feeding
operations. Appl Environ Microbiol 77:2992–3001
88. Cao Y, Van De Werfhorst LC, Sercu B, Murray JLS, Holden PA (2011) Application of an
integrated community analysis approach for microbial source tracking in a coastal creek.
Environ Sci Technol 45(17):7195–7201
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assays: an international source identification method evaluation. Water Res 47
(18):6897–6908
76. Harwood VJ, Boehm AB, Sassoubre LM, Vijayavel K, Stewart JR, Fong TT, Caprais MP,
Converse RR, Diston D, Ebdon J, Fuhrman JA, Gourmelon M, Gentry-Shields J, Griffith JF,
Kashian DR, Noble RT, Taylor H, Wicki M (2013) Performance of viruses and bacteriophages for fecal source determination in a multi-laboratory, comparative study. Water Res 47
(18):6929–6943
77. McQuaig SM, Noble RT (2011) Viruses as tracers of fecal contamination. In: Hagedorn C,
Blanch A, Harwood VJ (eds) Microbial source tracking: methods, applications, and case
studies. Springer, New York, pp 113–136
78. Lee DY, Weir SC, Lee H, Trevors JT (2010) Quantitative identification of fecal water
pollution sources by TaqMan real-time PCR assays using Bacteroidales 16S rRNA genetic
markers. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 88:1373–1383
79. Sinigalliano CD, Ervin JS, Van De Werfhorst LC, Badgley BD, Balleste ´ E, Bartkowiak J,
Boehm AB, Byappanahalli M, Goodwin KD, Gourmelon M, Griffith JF, Holden PA, Jay J,
Layton BA, Lee C, Lee J, Meijer WG, Noble R, Raith M, Ryu H, Sadowsky MJ, Schriewer A,
Wang D, Wanless D, Whitman RL, Wuertz S, Santo Domingo JW (2013) Multi-laboratory
evaluations of the performance of Catellicoccus marimammalium PCR assays developed to
target gull fecal sources. Water Res 47:6883–6896
80. Green HC, Dick LK, Gilpin B, Samadpour M, Field KG (2012) Genetic markers for rapid
PCR-based identification of gull, Canada goose, duck, and chicken fecal contamination in
water. Appl Environ Microbiol 78(2):503–510
81. Schriewer A, Goodwin KD, Sinigalliano CD, Cox AM, Wanless D, Bartkowiak J, Ebentier
DL, Hanley KT, Ervin J, Deering LA, Shanks OC, Peed LA, Meijer WG, Griffith JF,
SantoDomingo J, Jay JA, Holden PA, Wuertz S (2013) Performance evaluation of canineassociated Bacteroidales assays in a multi-laboratory comparison study. Water Res
47:6909–6920
82. Raith MR, Kelty CA, Griffith JF, Schriewer A, Wuertz S, Mieszkin S, Gourmelon M,
Reischer GH, Farnleitner AH, Ervin JS, Holden PA, Ebentier DL, Jay JA, Wang D, Boehm
AB, Aw TG, Rose JB, Balleste ´ E, Meijer WG, Sivaganesan M, Shanks OC (2013) Comparison of PCR and quantitative real-time PCR methods for the characterization of ruminant and
cattle fecal pollution sources. Water Res 47:6921–6928
83. Harwood VJ, Levine AD, Scott TM, Chivukula V, Lukasik J, Farrah SR, Rose JB (2005)
Validity of the indicator organism paradigm for pathogen reduction in reclaimed water and
public health protection. Appl Environ Microbiol 71:3163–3170
84. Unno T, Jang J, Han D, Kim JH, Sadowsky MJ, Kim OS, Chun J, Hur HG (2010) Use of
barcoded pyrosequencing and shared OTUs to determine sources of fecal bacteria in watersheds. Environ Sci Technol 44:7777–7782
85. Cao Y, Wu CH, Andersen GL, Holden PA (2011) Community-analysis based methods. In:
Hagedorn C, Blanch A, Harwood VJ (eds) Microbial source tracking: methods, applications,
and case studies. Springer, New York, pp 251–282
86. McLellan SL, Huse SM, Mueller-Spitz SR, Andreishcheva EN, Sogin ML (2010) Diversity
and population structure of sewage-derived microorganisms in wastewater treatment plant
influent. Environ Microbiol 12:378–392
87. Shanks OC, Kelty CA, Archibeque S, Jenkins M, Newton RJ, McLellan SL, Huse SM, Sogin
ML (2011) Community structures of fecal bacteria in cattle from different animal feeding
operations. Appl Environ Microbiol 77:2992–3001
88. Cao Y, Van De Werfhorst LC, Sercu B, Murray JLS, Holden PA (2011) Application of an
integrated community analysis approach for microbial source tracking in a coastal creek.
Environ Sci Technol 45(17):7195–7201
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