

@inbook {16321,
	title = {{The use of carbon-utilization profiling to determine sources of fecal contamination in a central Texas watershed}},
	booktitle = {Lake and Reservoir Management},
	volume = {26},
	number = {2},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun},
	pages = {104{\textendash}113},
	publisher = {Taylor and Francis Group},
	organization = {Taylor and Francis Group},
	abstract = {<p>The purpose of this research was to characterize the relationship of Escherichia coli isolates from various animals, sewage, and water based on carbon substrate utilization patterns, and to use these patterns to determine the dominant contributors of nonpoint source fecal pollution to a central Texas reservoir from its watershed. We collected 1028 fecal samples from cattle, companion animals, goat, horse, poultry, sewage, sheep, and wildlife, collectively. From these, 1915 E. coli fecal isolates were analyzed. We collected 100 water samples throughout the North Bosque watershed; 910 E. coli water isolates were analyzed. The Biolog system was used to generate a carbon-utilization pattern for each isolate. A dendrogram constructed from the carbon-utilization patterns demonstrated that isolates from the same source category usually clustered together, excluding water isolates that were spread over many clusters. A bacterial-source tracking library was constructed from the carbon-utilization data obtained fro...</p>
},
	keywords = {bacteria, bacterial source tracking, carbon substrate utilization, Escherichia coli, Nonpoint source pollution},
	issn = {1040-2381},
	doi = {10.1080/07438141.2010.490769},
	url = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07438141.2010.490769},
	author = {Nemec, Michelle D. and Massengale, Rene D.}
}
