Objetivo
The project seeks to develop an innovative tool to determine faecal pollution sources using standardised methods, in a common sampling strategy within the EU dimension. Levels of present microbial faecal indicators (faecal coliforms and streptococci, spores of clostridia and somatic coliphages) will be compared with levels of proposed parameters (phages of Bacteroides fragilis, sub grouping of F- specific RNA phages, phenotyping of faecal coliforms/streptococci and levels of beta-stanol) for tracking faecal sources of pollution in a wide range of surface waters. The proposal plans to develop and compare new methods (speciation and biochemical phenotyping of Bifidobacterium spp., specific detection of Giardia spp., human viruses indicator detected by nucleic acid recognition and antibiotic resistance profiles in faecal streptococci) with established approaches. The end users that could benefit from the findings of this project have been identified.
Ámbito científico
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesnucleic acids
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologyvirology
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsRNA
- medical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacydrug resistanceantibiotic resistance
Convocatoria de propuestas
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