Possibilities in using Enterococcus spp. in Microbial Source Tracking

Enterococcus spp. 를 이용한 미생물 오염 추적 기술

  • Unno, Tatsuya (Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Hur, Hor-Gil (International Environmental Research Center, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology)
  • Published : 2008.02.28

Abstract

Enterococcus is a fecal indicator bacterium and often used to indicate fecal contamination in the environment. Carbohydrates fermentation patterns of Enterococcus isolates were investigated as a way to differentiate the source of fecal contamination. Total 1826 Enterococcus isolates were obtained from cows, pigs, chickens, ducks, and humans in two geographically different locations. Distributions of carbohydrate fermentation patterns showed discrepancies among sources. This study suggest that the possibility of the use of Enterococcus in microbial source tracking.

Enterococcus는 fecal indicator bacterium의 하나로서 환경내에서 fecal contamination을 탐지 하는 지표로서 사용되며, 현재 각 Enterococcus spp. 의 서로 다른 당 분해능을 이용한 분별법이 개발되었으며, 이를 위해 서로 다른지역의 소, 돼지, 닭, 오리 그리고 사람으로 부터 총 1826의 Enterococcus 샘플을 획득 하였음. 이 연구는 Enterococcus를 통해 microbial source tracking 의 가능성을 제시하고 있음.

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