Indicators for Waterborne Pathogens
National Research Council / Division on Earth and Life Studies / Water Science and Technology Board / Board on Life Sciences / Committee on Indicators for Waterborne Pathogens
Recent and forecasted advances in microbiology, molecular biology, and analytical chemistry have made it timely to reassess the current paradigm of relying predominantly or exclusively on traditional bacterial indicators for all types of waterborne pathogens.? Nonetheless, indicator approaches will still be required for the foreseeable future because it is not practical or feasible to monitor for the complete spectrum of microorganisms that ma...