Search Results - "Byamukama, Denis"
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Discrimination Efficacy of Fecal Pollution Detection in Different Aquatic Habitats of a High-Altitude Tropical Country, Using Presumptive Coliforms, Escherichia coli, and Clostridium perfringens Spores
Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2005)“…The performance of rapid and practicable techniques that presumptively identify total coliforms (TC), fecal coliforms (FC), Escherichia coli, and Clostridium…”
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Global Distribution of Human-Associated Fecal Genetic Markers in Reference Samples from Six Continents
Published in Environmental science & technology (01-05-2018)“…Numerous bacterial genetic markers are available for the molecular detection of human sources of fecal pollution in environmental waters. However, widespread…”
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Performance Characteristics of qPCR Assays Targeting Human- and Ruminant-Associated Bacteroidetes for Microbial Source Tracking across Sixteen Countries on Six Continents
Published in Environmental science & technology (06-08-2013)“…Numerous quantitative PCR assays for microbial fecal source tracking (MST) have been developed and evaluated in recent years. Widespread application has been…”
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Sanitary inspection of wells using risk-of-contamination scoring indicates a high predictive ability for bacterial faecal pollution in the peri-urban tropical lowlands of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Published in Journal of water and health (01-06-2012)“…Sanitary inspection of wells was performed according to World Health Organization (WHO) procedures using risk-of-contamination (ROC) scoring in the peri-urban…”
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Sorbitol-fermenting Bifidobacteria are indicators of very recent human faecal pollution in streams and groundwater habitats in urban tropical lowlands
Published in Journal of water and health (01-09-2010)“…Sorbitol-fermenting Bifidobacteria (SFB) proved to be an excellent indicator of very recent human faecal pollution (hours to days) in the investigated tropical…”
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Use of faecal pollution indicators to estimate pathogen die off conditions in source separated faeces in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Published in Journal of water and health (01-03-2009)“…As the introduction and promotion of dehydrating toilets progresses, the safety of handling and reuse of their biosolids remains a question. A detailed study…”
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A pilot study on anthropogenic faecal pollution impact in Bahir Dar Gulf of Lake Tana, Northern Ethiopia
Published in Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology (01-01-2010)“…The anthropogenic effect on faecal and chemical pollution at Bahir Dar Gulf of Lake Tana, Ethiopia was investigated in the period of October 2006 to February…”
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Contrasting occurrence of Chromobacterium violaceum in tropical drinking water springs of Uganda
Published in Journal of water and health (01-09-2005)“…Occurrence of Chromobacterium violaceum in six protected drinking water springs in Uganda was investigated. C. violaceum showed a contrasting occurrence, which…”
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