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Wanjugi, P., Mano Sivaganesan, A. Korajkic, C. Kelty, B. McMinn, R. Ulrich, V. Harwood, AND O. Shanks. Differential Decomposition of Bacterial and Viral Fecal Indicators in Common Human Pollution Types. WATER RESEARCH. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, 105:591-601, (2016). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.09.041

Green, H., J. Fisher, S. McLellan, M. Sogin, AND O. Shanks. Distributions of Bacterial Generalists among the Guts of Birds, Fish, and Mammals - abstract. Presented at International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Montreal, CANADA, August 21 - 26, 2016.

Shanks, O. Human Microbial Source Tracking with qPCR: Method Standardization Update and Research Activities. To be Presented at 19th Annual Laboratory Technical Information Group Meeting, Edison, NJ, May 04, 2016.

Boehm, A., J. Soller, AND O. Shanks. Human-associated fecal qPCR measurements and predicted risk of gastrointestinal illness in recreational waters contaminated with raw sewage. Presented at 2016 Recreational Waters Conference, New Orleans, LA, April 12 - 15, 2016.

Green, H., J. Fisher, S. McLellan, M. Sogin, AND O. Shanks. Identification of specialists and abundance-occupancy relationships among intestinal bacteria of Aves, Mammalia, and Actinopterygii. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, 82(5):1496-1503, (2016).

Wanjugi, P., Mano Sivaganesan, C. Kelty, A. Korajkic, E. Rhodes, B. McMinn, Mike Cyterski, K. Oshima, E. Stachler, A. Topper, L. Bertaux-Skeirik, J. Kinzelkman, M. Citriglia, F. Hsu, AND O. Shanks. Incidence of Somatic and F+ Coliphage at Three Great Lake Beaches. Water Microbiology Conference 2016, UNC Water Institute, Chapel Hill, NC, May 17 - 19, 2016.

Boehm, A., D. Wang, A. Ercumen, M. Shea, A. Harris, O. Shanks, C. Kelty, A. Ahmed, Z. Mahmud, B. Arnold, C. Chase, C. Kullman, R. Ahmed, J. Colford, Jr., S. Luby, AND A. Pickering. Occurrence of host-associated fecal markers on child hands, household soil, and drinking water in rural Bangladeshi households. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 3(11):393-398, (2016).

Shanks, O. Biological and Microbial Aspects of Septic System Pollution: Fecal Source Identification of Septic System Pollution in Receiving Waters. Presented at 2015 ORD/OW Monthly Webinar Series, Cincinnati, OH, June 30, 2015.

Korajkic, A., L. Parfrey, B. McMinn, Y. Baeza, W. VanTeuren, R. Knight, AND O. Shanks. Changes in bacterial and eukaryotic communities during sewage decomposition in Mississippi River water. WATER RESEARCH. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, 69:30-39, (2015).

Fisher, J., A. Eren, H. Green, O. Shanks, H. Morrison, J. Vineis, M. Sogin, AND S. McLellan. Comparison of Sewage and Animal Fecal Microbiomes by using Oligotyping Reveals Potential Human Fecal Indicators in Multiple Taxonomic Groups. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, 81(20):7023-7033, (2015).

Boehm, A., J. Soller, AND O. Shanks. Human-Associated Fecal Quantitative Polymerase Chain ReactionMeasurements and Simulated Risk of Gastrointestinal Illness in Recreational Waters Contaminated with Raw Sewage. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 2:270-275, (2015).

Sivaganesan, Mano, C. Kelty, R. Oshiro, T. Madi, L. Brooks, K. Field, AND O. Shanks. Interlaboratory Variability in Human-Associated Fecal Source Identification qPCR Conditions for Data Acceptance. Presented at Water Microbiology Conference 2015, Chapel Hill, NC, May 18 - 21, 2015.

Shanks, O., H. Green, A. Korajkic, AND K. Field. Overview of Microbial Source Tracking Methods Targeting Human Fecal Pollution Sources. Chapter 3, Cindy H. Nakatsu, Robert V. Miller, Suresh D. Pillai (ed.), Manual of Environmental Microbiology, 4th Edition. American Society for Microbiology. ASM Press, Washington, DC, , 3.4.3-1 - 3.4.3-8, (2015).

Shanks, O., C. Kelty, L. Peed, Mano Sivaganesan, T. Mooney, AND M. Jenkins. Age-Related Shifts in the Density and Distribution of Genetic Marker Water Quality Indicators in Cow and Calf Feces (Journal). APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, 80(5):1588-1594, (2014).

Korajkic, A., B. McMinn, O. Shanks, Mano Sivaganesan, Shay Fout, AND N. Ashbolt. Biotic interactions and sunlight affect persistence of fecal indicator bacteria and microbial source tracking genetic markers in the Upper Mississippi River. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, 80(13):3952-3961, (2014).

Riedel, T., A. Zimmer-Faust, V. Thulsiraj, T. Madi, K. Hanley, D. Ebentier, M. Byappanahalli, B. Layton, M. Raith, A. Boehm, J. Griffith, P. Holden, O. Shanks, S. Weisberg, AND J. Jay. Detection limits and cost comparisons of human- and gull-associated conventional and quantitative PCR assays in artificial and environmental waters. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, 136:112-120, (2014).

Green, H., K. White, C. Kelty, AND O. Shanks. Development and Testing of Novel Canine Fecal Source-Identification Assays. Presented at 114th American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, #1862, Boston, MA, May 17 - 20, 2014.

Green, H. C., Karen M. White, C. A. Kelty, AND O. C. Shanks. Development of Rapid Canine Fecal Source Identification PCR-based Assays. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 48(19):11453-11461, (2014).

Molina, M., S. Hunter, Mike Cyterski, L. Peed, C. Kelty, Mano Sivaganesan, T. Mooney, L. Prieto, AND O. Shanks. Factors affecting the presence of human-associated and fecal indicator real-time quantitative PCR genetic markers in urban-impacted recreational beaches. WATER RESEARCH. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, 64:196-208, (2014).

Shanks, O. Fecal Source Identification: Method Standardization and Field Demonstrations. Presented at Laboratory Technical Information Group 2014 meeting, Cincinnati, OH, April 30, 2014.

Shanks, O. Fecal Waste Contaminates Our Waterways: Molecular Technologies Offer New Solutions. To be Presented at Safe and Sustainable Water Resources: Webinar Series, Cincinnati, OH, December 17, 2014.

SHANKS, O. C., L. PEED, M. SIVAGANESAN, R. A. HAUGLAND, AND E. C. CHERN. Human fecal source identification with real-time quantitative PCR. 2nd, Chapter 7, Paulsen I., Holmes A. (ed.), Environmental Microbiology, Methods in Molecular Biology Series. Humana Press Incorporated, Totowa, NJ, 1096:85-99, (2014).

Green, H., J. Fisher, S. Huse, M. Slogin, S. McLellan, AND O. Shanks. Identification of Bacterial Specialists in Hosts belonging to Aves, Mammalia, and Pisces. Presented at 114th American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, #1749, Boston, MA, May 17 - 20, 2014.

Green, H., Rich Haugland, M. Varma, H. Millen, M. Borchardt, K. Field, W. Walters, R. Knight, Mano Sivaganesan, C. Kelty, AND O. Shanks. Improved HF183 quantitative real-time PCR assay for characterization of human fecal pollution in ambient surface water samples. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, 80(10):3086-3094, (2014).

Wang, D., H. Green, O. Shanks, AND A. Boehm. New Performance Metrics for Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Microbial Source Tracking Methods. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1(1):20-25, (2014).