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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 66, Issue 10, Pages 4571-4574Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.10.4571-4574.2000
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Our purpose was to develop a rapid, inexpensive method of diagnosing the source of fecal pollution in water. In previous research, we identified Bacteroides-Prevotella ribosomal DNA (rDNA) PCR markers based on analysis. These markers length heterogeneity PCR and terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism distinguish cow from human feces. Here, we recovered 16S rDNA clones from natural waters that were close phylogenetic relatives of the markers. From the sequence data, we designed specific PCR primers that discriminate human and ruminant sources of fecal contamination.
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