Monitoring of microbial indicator groups in caves through the use of RIDA COUNT kits

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Monitoring of microbial indicator groups in caves through the use of RIDA COUNT kits

Original language description

Measurements of microbiological parameters are not currently widely used for protection, monitoring and preservation of caves although they indicate very well the recent human impact. Here we present a commercially available microbiological kit for caveecologists, the RIDA COUNT test kit (R-Biopharm AG, Germany), as a supplementary tool for research and show examples. Simultaneously, lists of microbial indicator groups and cave microhabitats, where this methodology may be appllied, are presented. Indicators include certain clinically important human-associated microbes such as Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., Staphylococcus aureus that are easy to quantify with basic cultivation methodology. Relatively higher bacterial counts compared to yeast and moulds on RIDA COUNT test plates indicate recent and pronounced human impact. Swab samples allow detection of gradients of surface microbial colonization and determination of the microbial load on footprints and fingerprints in caves. In o

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EE - Microbiology, virology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/LC06066" target="_blank" >LC06066: Center for Environmental Microbiology</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2012

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta carsologica

ISSN

0583-6050

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Volume of the periodical

41

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2/3

Country of publishing house

SI - SLOVENIA

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

287-296

UT code for WoS article

000315009800009

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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