Microbial source tracking
By: edited by Jorge W. Santo Domingo and Michael J. Sadowsky.
Contributors: Santo Domingo, Jorge W.; Sadowsky, M. J.
Series: Emerging issues in food safety
Publisher: ASM Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9781555813741; 9781555813741
Subjects: Diagnostic microbiology; Pathogenic microorganisms -- Detection; Microbial toxins; Foodborne diseases; Microorganisms; Food Microbiology; Disease Outbreaks -- prevention & control; Environmental Monitoring -- methods; Feces -- microbiology; Food Contamination -- prevention & control; Microbiological Techniques -- methods; Water Microbiology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fecal pollution, public health and microbial source tracking / Jill Stewart, Jorge W. Santo Domingo, and Timothy J. Wade; title: Assumptions and limitations associated with microbial source tracking methods / Valerie J. Harwood; title: Molecular detection and characterization tools / Suresh D. Pillai and Everardo Vega; title: Molecular subtyping, source tracking, and food safety / Thomas S. Whittam and Teresa M. Bergholz; title: Shellfish and microbial source tracking / John Scott Meschke and David Boyle; title: Statistical issues in microbial source identification / Jayson D. Wilbur and John E. Whitlock; title: Application of microbial source tracking to human health and national security / Cindy H. Nakatsu, Peter Pesenti, and Albert Rhodes; title: The future of microbial source tracking studies / Michael J. Sadowsky, Douglas R. Call, and Jorge W. Santo Domingo.