DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.8.4945-4949.2005
ABSTRACT
A bacterial primer set, known to produce a 542-bp amplicon specific for Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, generated this product in PCR with 1 ng of extracted DNA from 92% of 25 human fecal samples, 100% of 20 sewage samples, and 16% of 31 dog fecal samples. The marker was not detected in 1 ng of fecal DNA from 61 cows, 35 horses, 44 pigs, 24 chickens, 29 turkeys, and 17 geese.
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- Preliminary validation of B. thetaiotaomicron marker.
- Collection of human and nonhuman fecal samples.
- Specificity of the B. thetaiotaomicron marker.
- Sensitivity study.
- Comparison to a benchmark human Bacteroides marker.
- Application to environmental water samples.
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