Objective 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. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesnucleic acidsnatural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologyvirologynatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollutionnatural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsRNAmedical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacydrug resistanceantibiotic resistance Programme(s) FP5-EESD - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.4.-1. - Key action Sustainable Management and Quality of Water Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA EU contribution No data Address 645,Av. Diagonal 645 08028 BARCELONA Spain See on map Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE Sweden EU contribution No data Address 13,Doktorsringen 171 77 Stockholm See on map Total cost No data STATE GENERAL LABORATORY Cyprus EU contribution No data Address Kimonos Street 44 1451 NICOSIA See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITE HENRI POINCARE NANCY 1 France EU contribution No data Address Rue Albert Lebrun 5 54001 NANCY See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Lewes Road, Cockcroft Building BN2 4GJ BRIGHTON See on map Total cost No data
