Microbial source tracking (MST) technology represents an innovative approach employed to
trace fecal contamination in environmental water systems. The performance of primers may …

Fecal contamination of water constitutes a serious health risk to humans and environmental
ecosystems. This is mainly due to the fact that fecal material carries a variety of …

Microbiological source tracking (MST) methods are increasingly being used to identify fecal
contamination sources in surface waters, but these methods have been subjected to limited …

Microbial source tracking (MST) methods were evaluated in the Source Identification
Protocol Project (SIPP), in which 27 laboratories compared methods to identify host sources …

Fecal pollution is one of the most prevalent forms of pollution affecting waterbodies
worldwide, threatening public health and negatively impacting aquatic environments …

Microbial source tracking (MST) results, obtained using identical sample sets and pulsed
field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), repetitive element PCR (rep-PCR) and ribotyping …

In British Columbia, Canada, drinking water is tested for total coliforms and Escherichia coli,
but there is currently no routine follow-up testing to investigate fecal contamination sources …

Microbial source tracking (MST) is a complex process that includes many decision-making
steps. Once a contamination problem has been defined, the potential user of MST tools must …

Understanding the origin of fecal pollution is essential in assessing potential health risks as
well as for determining the actions necessary to remediate the quality of waters …

Microbial source tracking (MST) describes a suite of methods and an investigative strategy
for determination of fecal pollution sources in environmental waters that rely on the …