Detection of human fecal pollution in environmental waters using human mitochondrial DNA and correlation with general and human-associated fecal genetic markers.
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DOI: 10.2166/wh.2019.197
Abstract: Human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genetic markers are abundant in sewage and highly human-specific, suggesting a great potential for the environmental application as human fecal pollution indicators. Limited data are available on the occurrence and co-occurrence… read more here.
Keywords: human mtdna; fecal pollution; human fecal; human associated ... See more keywords