| Contents Notes |
The fecal environment, the gut / Denis O. Krause and Ehsan Khafipour -- Taxonomy, phylogeny, and physiology of fecal indicator bacteria / Militza Carrero-Colâon, Gene S. Wickham, and Ronald F. Turco -- The gut microbiota : ecology and function / Benjamin P. Willing and Janet K. Jansson -- Animals and humans as sources of fecal indicator bacteria / Christopher K. Yost, Moussa S. Diarra, and Edward Topp -- Environmental sources of fecal bacteria / Muruleedhara N. Byappanahalli and Satoshi Ishii -- Physical and biological factors influencing environmental sources of fecal indicator bacteria in surface water / Richard L. Whitman ... [et al.] -- Impacts of fecal bacteria on human and animal health : pathogens and virulence genes / Timothy J. Johnson -- Modeling fate and transport of fecal bacteria in surface water / Meredith B. Nevers and Alexandria B. Boehm -- Microbial source tracking / Valerie J. Harwood, Hodon Ryu, and Jorge Santo Domingo -- Prevalence and fate of gut-associated human pathogens in the environment / Katherine G. McElhany and Suresh D. Pillai -- Classical and molecular methods to measure fecal bacteria / Thomas A. Edge and Alexandria B. Boehm -- Fecal bacteria and foods / Francisco Diez-Gonzalez -- Conclusions and future use of fecal indicator bacteria for monitoring water quality and protecting human health / Michael J. Sadowsky and Richard L. Whitman. |
