Author(s): Michael P Doyle (Author), Jorge W Santo Domingo (Author), Michael J Sadowsky (Author)
Publisher: ASM Press
Publication Date: 30 Nov. 2006
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 300 pages
ISBN-10: 1555813747
ISBN-13: 9781555813741
Book Description
Presents a state-of-the-art review of the current technology and applications being utilized to identify sources of fecal contamination in waterways. • Serves as a useful reference for researchers in the food industry, especially scientists investigating etiological agents responsible for food contamination. • Provides background information on MST methods and the assumptions and limitations associated with their use. • Covers a broad range of topics related to MST, including environmental monitoring, public health and national security, population biology, and microbial ecology. • Offers valuable insights into future research directions and technology developments.
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
The second volume in the series Emerging Issues in Food Safety, Microbial Source Tracking presents a state–of–the–art review of the current technology and applications being utilized to identify sources of fecal contamination in waterways. In addition to serving environmental microbiologists who monitor and seek to improve water quality, this unique new reference will be useful for researchers in the food industry, especially scientists investigating etiological agents responsible for food contamination.
Logically organized, Microbial Source Tracking opens with chapters covering background information on MST methods and the assumptions and limitations associated with their use. Later chapters cover a broad range of topics related to MST, including environmental monitoring, public health and national security, population biology, and microbial ecology. The concluding chapter offers valuable insights into future research directions and technology developments.
About the Author
Editors:
Jorge W. Santo Domingo, United States Environmental Protection Agency, USA