ReviewTrends in microbiology2014
Discovering new indicators of fecal pollution.
Review in Trends in microbiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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65 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 170 citations in OpenAlex.
- Have genetic targets for faecal pollution diagnostics and source tracking revolutionized water quality analysis yet?FEMS microbiology reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Exposure to Animal Feces and Human Health: A Systematic Review and Proposed Research Priorities.Environmental science & technology · 2017Pooled it
- A case for monitoring fungi of clinical relevance at beaches: enterococci measures do not correlate with all disease risks.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2026Article
- Changes in Microbial Community Assemblages Due To Urban Pollution, Detected via rRNA Gene Amplicon Sequencing in the Magdalena River, Mexico City.Microbial ecology · 2025Article
- Tidal levels significantly change bacterial community composition in a tropical estuary during the dry season.Marine life science & technology · 2025Article
- Beyond borders: A systematic review and meta-analysis of human-specific faecal markers across geographical settings.Critical reviews in environmental science and technology · 2025Review
- Unlocking the Potential of Metagenomics with the PacBio High-Fidelity Sequencing Technology.Microorganisms · 2024Review
- Surveillance of Emerging Rodent-Borne Pathogens in Wastewater in Taiwan: A One Health Approach.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
- Assessing fecal contamination from human and environmental sources usingmedRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- Occurrence of sulfate-reducing bacteria in well water: identification of anaerobic sulfidogenic bacterial enrichment cultures.Journal of water and health · 2024Article
- Bacterial community assessment of drinking water and downstream distribution systems in highland localities of Ecuador.Journal of water and health · 2024Article
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- Fecal Impairment Framework, A New Conceptual Framework for Assessing Fecal Contamination in Recreational Waters.Environmental management · 2024Article
- Assessing fecal contamination from human and environmental sources usingFrontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Metagenomics insights into bacterial diversity and antibiotic resistome of the sewage in the city of Belém, Pará, Brazil.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacteria from Free-Living Green Turtles (Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Amplicons, Metagenomes, and Metatranscriptomes from Sediment and Water.Microbiology resource announcements · 2023Article
- CrAssphage May Be Viable Markers of Contamination in Pristine and Contaminated River Water.mSystems · 2023Article
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- Bacterial composition in Swedish raw drinking water reveals three major interacting ubiquitous metacommunities.MicrobiologyOpen · 2022Article
5 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Fecal pollution indicators are essential to identify and remediate contamination sources and protect public health. Historically, easily cultured facultative anaerobes such as fecal coliforms, Escherichia coli, or enterococci have been used but these indicators generally provide no information as to their source. More recently, molecular methods have targeted fecal anaerobes, which are much more abundant in humans and other mammals, and some strains appear to be associated with particular host sources. Next-generation sequencing and microbiome studies have created an unprecedented inventory of microbial communities associated with fecal sources, allowing reexamination of which taxonomic groups are best suited as informative indicators. The use of new computational methods, such as oligotyping coupled with well-established machine learning approaches, is providing new insights into patterns of host association. In this review we examine the basis for host-specificity and the rationale for using 16S rRNA gene targets for alternative indicators and highlight two taxonomic groups, Bacteroidales and Lachnospiraceae, which are rich in host-specific bacterial organisms. Finally, we discuss considerations for using alternative indicators for water quality assessments with a particular focus on detecting human sewage sources of contamination.
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