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Fecal bacteria have classically been used for the determination of water safety, sanitary system functioning and environmental health. It is now apparent that the bacteria, both the indicator bacteria and fecal bacteria more generally, are ubiquitous and that other determinants of safety are required. This volume, which focuses on indicator organisms but also more broadly on fecal bacteria, reviews the state of the art, and will be of interest not only to basic scientists but to those in many fields who apply the science to manage environments and human health.
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Table of Contents
1. The Fecal Environment, the Gut, Denis O. Krause and Ehsan Khafipour
2. Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and Physiology of Fecal Indicator Bacteria, Militza Carrero-Colón, Gene S. Wickham, and Ronald F. Turco
3. The Gut Microbiota: Ecology and Function, Benjamin P. Willing and Janet K. Jansson
4. Animals and Humans as Sources of Fecal Indicator Bacteria, Christopher K. Yost, Moussa S. Diarra, and Edward Topp
5. Environmental Sources of Fecal Bacteria, Muruleedhara N. Byappanahalli and Satoshi Ishii
6. Physical and Biological Factors Influencing Environmental Sources of Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Surface Water, Richard L. Whitman, Meredith B. Nevers, Katarzyna Przybyla-Kelly, and Muruleedhara N. Byappanahalli
7. Impacts of Fecal Bacteria on Human and Animal Health—Pathogens and Virulence Genes, Timothy J. Johnson
8. Modeling Fate and Transport of Fecal Bacteria in Surface Water, Meredith B. Nevers and Alexandria B. Boehm
9. Microbial Source Tracking, Valerie J. Harwood, Hodon Ryu, and Jorge Santo Domingo
10. Prevalence and Fate of Gut-Associated Human Pathogens in the Environment, Katherine G. McElhany and Suresh D. Pillai
11. Classical and Molecular Methods To Measure Fecal Bacteria, Thomas A. Edge and Alexandria B. Boehm
12. Fecal Bacteria and Foods, Francisco Diez-Gonzalez
13. Conclusions and Future Use of Fecal Indicator Bacteria for Monitoring Water Quality and Protecting Human Health, Michael J. Sadowsky and Richard L. Whitman
Riassunto
Fecal bacteria have classically been used for the determination of water safety, sanitary system functioning and environmental health. It is now apparent that the bacteria, both the indicator bacteria and fecal bacteria more generally, are ubiquitous and that other determinants of safety are required.
