TABLE 3.
Fecal coliform concentrations and presence of Bifidobacterium and Bacteroides-Prevotella host-specific markers in water samples collected from Tillamook Bay, Oreg., and three of its tributaries
| Sample type | Date collected (mo/day/yr) | Fecal coliform concn (CFU/100 ml) | Presence ofa:
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Bifidobacterium markers
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Bacteroides-Prevotella markers
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| 142-152 bp | 313 bp | 453 bp | 119 bp | 222 bp | 276 bp | 227 bp | |||
| River | 12/12/97 | 2 | + | − | + | ND | ND | + | + |
| River | 12/12/97 | 6 | − | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| River | 5/17/98 | 120 | − | − | − | ND | ND | − | + |
| River | 10/30/98 | 36 | + | + | − | + | − | − | + |
| River mouth | 10/30/98 | 112 | − | − | − | + | + | − | + |
| Estuary | 10/30/98 | 35 | − | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| Estuary | 10/30/98 | 57 | − | − | − | + | + | − | + |
| Estuary mouth | 10/30/98 | 0 | − | − | − | − | − | + | − |
a
+, peak detected in the LH-PCR or T-RFLP analysis; −, no peak detected; ND, no data.