The Fecal Bacteria

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Table of Contents 1. The Fecal Environment, the Gut, Denis O. Krause and Ehsan Khafipour 2. Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and Physiology of Fecal Indicator Bacteria, Militza Carrero-Colon, Gene S. Wickham, and Ronald F. Turco 3. The Gut Microbiota: Ecology and Function, Benjamin P. Willing and Janet K. Jansson 4. Animals and Humans as Sources of Fecal Indicator Bacteria, Christopher K. Yost, Moussa S. Diarra, and Edward Topp 5. Environmental Sources of Fecal Bacteria, Muruleedhara N. Byappanahalli and Satoshi Ishii 6. Physical and Biological Factors Influencing Environmental Sources of Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Surface Water, Richard L. Whitman, Meredith B. Nevers, Katarzyna Przybyla-Kelly, and Muruleedhara N. Byappanahalli 7. Impacts of Fecal Bacteria on Human and Animal Health-Pathogens and Virulence Genes, Timothy J. Johnson 8. Modeling Fate and Transport of Fecal Bacteria in Surface Water, Meredith B. Nevers and Alexandria B. Boehm 9. Microbial Source Tracking, Valerie J. Harwood, Hodon Ryu, and Jorge Santo Domingo 10. Prevalence and Fate of Gut-Associated Human Pathogens in the Environment, Katherine G. McElhany and Suresh D. Pillai 11. Classical and Molecular Methods To Measure Fecal Bacteria, Thomas A. Edge and Alexandria B. Boehm 12. Fecal Bacteria and Foods, Francisco Diez-Gonzalez 13. Conclusions and Future Use of Fecal Indicator Bacteria for Monitoring Water Quality and Protecting Human Health, Michael J. Sadowsky and Richard L. Whitman