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Using Multiple Antibiotic Resistance and Land Use Characteristics to Determine Sources of Fecal Coliform Bacterial Pollutiion
R. Heath Kelsey,Geoffrey I. Scott,Geoffrey I. Scott,Dwayne E. Porter,Brian C. Thompson,Laura F. Webster +5 more
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The MAR results suggest that the majority of the fecal pollution detected in the Murrells Inlet estuary may be from non-human sources, including fecal coliforms isolated from areas in close proximity to high densities of active septic tanks.Abstract:
Multiple Antibiotic Resistance (MAR) analysis and regression modeling techniques were used to identify surface water areas impacted by fecal pollution from human sources, and to determine the effects of land use on fecal pollution in Murrells Inlet, a small, urbanized, high-salinity estuary located between Myrtle Beach and Georgetown, South Carolina. MAR analysis was performed to identify areas in the estuary that are impacted by human-source fecal pollution. Additionally, regression analysis was performed to determine if an association exists between land use and fecal coliform densities over the ten-year period from 1989 to 1998. Land-use variables were derived using Geographic Information System (GIS) techniques and were used in the regression analysis.read more
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Using geographic information systems and regression analysis to evaluate relationships between land use and fecal coliform bacterial pollution
TL;DR: The results of the regression analyses indicate that proximity to areas with septic tanks, rainfall runoff from urbanized areas are important predictors of fecal coliform densities in the estuary, and ground saturation effects may be an important part of feces deposition in winter months.
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Identification of sources of Escherichia coli in South Carolina estuaries using antibiotic resistance analysis
Laura F. Webster,Brian C. Thompson,Michael H. Fulton,David E. Chestnut,Robert F. Van Dolah,Andrew K. Leight,Geoffrey I. Scott +6 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that AR testing may be a useful tool for differentiating E. coli from human and wildlife sources and further testing of bacterial isolates from known animal sources is necessary to better assess the utility of this approach.
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Occurrence and patterns of antibiotic resistance in vertebrates off the Northeastern United States coast.
Julie M. Rose,Rebecca J. Gast,Andrea L. Bogomolni,Julie C. Ellis,Betty J. Lentell,Kathleen M. Touhey,Michael J. Moore +6 more
TL;DR: It is indicated that antibiotic resistance is widespread in marine vertebrates, and they may be important reservoirs of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the marine environment.
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Geographical variation in antibiotic resistance profiles of Escherichia coli isolated from swine, poultry, beef and dairy cattle farm water retention ponds in Florida.
Salina Parveen,Jerzy Lukasik,Troy M. Scott,Mark L. Tamplin,Kenneth M. Portier,S. Sheperd,K. Braun,Samuel R. Farrah +7 more
TL;DR: This study assesses geographical variation in multiple antibiotic resistance profiles of livestock Escherichia coli as well as to evaluate the ability of MAR profiles to differentiate sources of faecal pollution.
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Isolation of faecal coliform bacteria from the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
TL;DR: This study aims to determine whether American alligators are an unrecognized poikilothermic source of faecal coliform and/or potential pathogenic bacteria in South Carolina’s coastal waters.
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Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater
TL;DR: The most widely read reference in the water industry, Water Industry Reference as discussed by the authors, is a comprehensive reference tool for water analysis methods that covers all aspects of USEPA-approved water analysis.
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Association of multiple-antibiotic-resistance profiles with point and nonpoint sources of Escherichia coli in Apalachicola Bay
Salina Parveen,Rendi L. Murphree,Lee Edmiston,Charles W. Kaspar,Kenneth M. Portier,Mark L. Tamplin +5 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that E. coli MAR profiles were associated with point and nonpoint sources of pollution within Apalachicola Bay and that this method may be useful in facilitating management of other estuaries.
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Escherichia coli: The Fecal Coliform
TL;DR: The use of Escherichia coli as an indicator of fecal pollution and the significance of its presence in surface waters was reviewed and a minidefinition which identifies this organism at least 95 percent of the time was proposed.