Methods and compositions for identification of source of microbial contamination in a sample

Patent · 30 March 2021

OSTI ID:1805672

Andersen, Gary L.; Dubinsky, Eric A.

Herein are described 1058 different bacterial taxa that were unique to either human, grazing mammal, or bird fecal wastes. These identified taxa can serve as specific identifier taxa for these sources in environmental waters. Two field tests in marine waters demonstrate the capacity of phylogenetic microarray analysis to track multiple sources with one test.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• Assignee: The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
• Patent Number(s): 10,961,593
• Application Number: 15/642,682
• OSTI ID: 1805672
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English