List of works by Orin C Shanks

A Bayesian method for calculating real-time quantitative PCR calibration curves using absolute plasmid DNA standards

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Age-related shifts in the density and distribution of genetic marker water quality indicators in cow and calf feces

scientific article published on 20 December 2013

Animal DNA in PCR reagents plagues ancient DNA research

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Basin-wide analysis of the dynamics of fecal contamination and fecal source identification in Tillamook Bay, Oregon

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Biotic interactions and sunlight affect persistence of fecal indicator bacteria and microbial source tracking genetic markers in the upper Mississippi river.

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Changes in bacterial and eukaryotic communities during sewage decomposition in Mississippi river water

scientific article published on 13 November 2014

Characterization of fecal concentrations in human and other animal sources by physical, culture-based, and quantitative real-time PCR methods

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Combining land use information and small stream sampling with PCR-based methods for better characterization of diffuse sources of human fecal pollution

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Community structures of fecal bacteria in cattle from different animal feeding operations

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Comparison of PCR and quantitative real-time PCR methods for the characterization of ruminant and cattle fecal pollution sources.

scientific article published on 5 July 2013

Comparison of Sewage and Animal Fecal Microbiomes by Using Oligotyping Reveals Potential Human Fecal Indicators in Multiple Taxonomic Groups

scientific article published on 31 July 2015

Comparison of somatic and F+ coliphage enumeration methods with large volume surface water samples

scientific article published on 07 August 2018

Comparison of the microbial community structures of untreated wastewaters from different geographic locales

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Competitive metagenomic DNA hybridization identifies host-specific microbial genetic markers in cow fecal samples

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Data Acceptance Criteria for Standardized Human-Associated Fecal Source Identification Quantitative Real-Time PCR Methods.

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Decay of bacterial pathogens, fecal indicators, and real-time quantitative PCR genetic markers in manure-amended soils

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Detection limits and cost comparisons of human- and gull-associated conventional and quantitative PCR assays in artificial and environmental waters

scientific article published on 26 February 2014

Development of rapid canine fecal source identification PCR-based assays

scientific article published on 24 September 2014

Differential decay of enterococci and Escherichia coli originating from two fecal pollution sources.

scientific article published on February 2013

Differential decay of human faecal Bacteroides in marine and freshwater

scientific article published in September 2011

Differential decomposition of bacterial and viral fecal indicators in common human pollution types

scientific article published on 21 September 2016

Distribution of genetic marker concentrations for fecal indicator bacteria in sewage and animal feces

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Dramatic improvements in beach water quality following gull removal.

scientific article published on 5 September 2012

Enterococcus and Escherichia coli fecal source apportionment with microbial source tracking genetic markers--is it feasible?

scientific article published on 11 July 2013

Evaluation of genetic markers from the 16S rRNA gene V2 region for use in quantitative detection of selected Bacteroidales species and human fecal waste by qPCR.

scientific article published on 24 July 2010

Evaluation of the repeatability and reproducibility of a suite of qPCR-based microbial source tracking methods

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Evidence of Genetic Fecal Marker Interactions between Water Column and Periphyton in Artificial Streams

scientific article published on 29 August 2018

Extended persistence of general and cattle-associated fecal indicators in marine and freshwater environment

scientific article published on 09 September 2018

Factors affecting the presence of human-associated and fecal indicator real-time quantitative PCR genetic markers in urban-impacted recreational beaches

scientific article published on 9 July 2014

Global Distribution of Human-Associated Fecal Genetic Markers in Reference Samples from Six Continents.

scientific article published on 23 March 2018

Human fecal source identification with real-time quantitative PCR.

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Identification of Specialists and Abundance-Occupancy Relationships among Intestinal Bacteria of Aves, Mammalia, and Actinopterygii

scientific article published on 28 December 2015

Identification of bacterial DNA markers for the detection of human fecal pollution in water

scientific article published on 5 January 2007

Identification of chicken-specific fecal microbial sequences using a metagenomic approach

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Improved HF183 quantitative real-time PCR assay for characterization of human fecal pollution in ambient surface water samples

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Improved strategies and optimization of calibration models for real-time PCR absolute quantification

scientific article published on 29 July 2010

Incidence of somatic and F+ coliphage in Great Lake Basin recreational waters.

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Interlaboratory Comparison of Real-Time PCR Protocols for Quantification of General Fecal Indicator Bacteria

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Large-scale implementation of standardized quantitative real-time PCR fecal source identification procedures in the Tillamook Bay Watershed

scientific article published on 06 June 2019

Occurrence of Host-Associated Fecal Markers on Child Hands, Household Soil, and Drinking Water in Rural Bangladeshi Households

scholarly article by Alexandria B. Boehm et al published 19 October 2016 in Environmental science & technology letters

Occurrence of Host-Associated Fecal Markers on Child Hands, Household Soil, and Drinking Water in Rural Bangladeshi Households

scientific article published on 01 November 2016

Performance assessment PCR-based assays targeting bacteroidales genetic markers of bovine fecal pollution

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Performance evaluation of canine-associated Bacteroidales assays in a multi-laboratory comparison study.

scientific article published on 5 July 2013

Performance of PCR-based assays targeting Bacteroidales genetic markers of human fecal pollution in sewage and fecal samples.

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Performance of forty-one microbial source tracking methods: a twenty-seven lab evaluation study.

scientific article published on 5 July 2013

Performance of human fecal anaerobe-associated PCR-based assays in a multi-laboratory method evaluation study

scientific article published on 5 July 2013

Quantitative CrAssphage PCR Assays for Human Fecal Pollution Measurement

scientific article published on 12 July 2017

Quantitative PCR for detection and enumeration of genetic markers of bovine fecal pollution

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Quantitative PCR for genetic markers of human fecal pollution

scientific article published on 10 July 2009

Recommendations following a multi-laboratory comparison of microbial source tracking methods

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Sewage reflects the distribution of human faecal Lachnospiraceae.

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Temporal assessment of the impact of exposure to cow feces in two watersheds by multiple host-specific PCR assays.

scientific article published on 19 September 2008

Use of competitive DNA hybridization to identify differences in the genomes of bacteria.

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Viral and Bacterial Fecal Indicators in Untreated Wastewater across the Contiguous United States Exhibit Geospatial Trends

scientific article published on 01 April 2020