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AWWA WQTC71478
- Hierarchical Oligonucleotide Primer Extension (HOPE)-Based Approach to Identify Sources of Fecal Contamination in Water Bodies
- Conference Proceeding by American Water Works Association, 11/01/2009
- Publisher: AWWA
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This powerpoint presentation begins by providing a brief overview of the overall objective ofdeveloping hierarchicaloligonucleotide primer extension(HOPE) as a tool to identify fecalcontamination sources. The experimental approach included the following: develop a set of primers to identify human andnonhuman fecal contamination;test on feces collected from known origins,formulate evaluation criteria;validation - test on blind samples, test on environmental waters; and,evaluate HOPE results with fecal coliform test. Includes figures.