Publications

Hassan, W.M., S.Y. Wang & R.D. Ellender. 2005. Methods to increase fidelity of repetitive extragenic palindromic PCR fingerprint-based bacterial source tracking efforts. App. Environ. Microbiol. 71:512-518.

Ufnar, J., S.Y. Wang, J. Christiansen, H. Yampara-Iquise, C. Carson & R.D. Ellender. 2006. Detection of the nifH gene of Methanobrevibacter smithii: a potential tool to identify sewage pollution in recreational waters. J. Applied Microbiol. 101:44-52.

Ufnar, D., J.A. Ufnar, R.D. Ellender, D. Rebarchik and G. Stone. 2006. Influence of coastal processes on high fecal coliform counts in the Mississippi Sound. Journal of Coastal Research 22:1515-1526.

Hassan, W.M., R.D. Ellender & S.Y. Wang. 2007. Fidelity of bacterial source tracking: Escherichia coli versus Enterococcus spp and minimizing assignment of isolates from non-library sources. J. Applied Microbiol. 102:591-598.

Ufnar, J.A., D.F. Ufnar, S.Y. Wang and R.D. Ellender. 2007. Development of a swine-specific fecal pollution marker based on host differences in methanogen mcrA genes. App. Environ. Microbiol. 73:5209-5217.

Robinson, B., K. Ritter and R.D. Ellender. 2007. A statistical approach of disproportional versus proportional microbial source tracking libraries. Journal of Water and Health 5:503-509.

Ufnar, J.A., S.Y. Wang, D.F. Ufnar and R.D. Ellender. 2007. Methanobrevibacter ruminantium as an indicator of domesticated ruminant fecal pollution in surface waters. App. Environ. Microbiol. 73:7118-7121.

Harwood, V.J., M. Brownell, S.Y. Wang, J.E. Lepo, R.D Ellender, A. Ajidahun, K.N Hellein, E. Kennedy, X.Ye and C. Flood. 2009. Validation and field testing of library-independent microbial source tracking methods in the Gulf of Mexico. Water Res. Water Research 42:4812-4819.

Carr, M.R., S.Y. Wang, T.I. McLean, C.J. Flood and R.D. Ellender. 2010. Salmonella rarely detected in Mississippi coastal waters and sediment. Journal of Applied Microbiology 109:2191–2199.

Flood, C., J. Ufnar, S. Wang, J. Johnson, M. Carr and R. Ellender. 2011. Lack of correlation between enterococcal counts and the presence of human specific fecal markers in Mississippi creek and coastal waters. Water Research 45:872-878.

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