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Selected Publications

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Click on any of the publications below to read the abstract.

Graduate students are starred* and postdocs are denoted #

Korajkic A, Wanjugi P, Brooks L, Cao L, and Harwood VJ. 2019. Persistence and Decay of Fecal Microbiota in Aquatic Habitats. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 83.                   doi: 10.1128/MMBR.00005-19

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Conrad JW, and Harwood VJ. 2019.  Comparison of DNA Methylation in Vibrio vulnificus Cells Grown in Human Serum with Those Grown in Seawater . Microbiology Resource Announcements 8. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00419-19 

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Harwood VJ, and Murray N. 2019. Strategic discourse production and parent involvement: including parent knowledge and practices in the Lead My Learning campaign. International Journal of Inclusive Education 23:353–368. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2019.1571119

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Korajkic A, McMinn BR, Ashbolt NJ, Sivaganesan M, Harwood VJ, and Shanks OC. 2019. Extended persistence of general and cattle-associated fecal indicators in marine and freshwater environment. Science of the Total Environment 650:1292–1302.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.108

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Senkbeil JK, Ahmed W, Conrad J, and Harwood VJ. 2019. Use of Escherichia coli genes associated with human sewage to track fecal contamination source in subtropical waters. Science of the Total Environment 686:1069–1075.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.201

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Weiskerger CJ, Brandão J, Ahmed W, Aslan A, Avolio L, Badgley BD, Boehm AB, Edge TA, Fleisher JM, Heaney CD, Jordao L, Kinzelman JL, Klaus JS, Kleinheinz GT, Meriläinen P, Nshimyimana JP, Phanikumar MS, Piggot AM, Pitkänen T, Robinson C, Sadowsky MJ, Staley C, Staley ZR, Symonds EM, Vogel LJ, Yamahara KM, Whitman RL, Solo-Gabriele HM, and Harwood VJ. 2019. Impacts of a changing earth on microbial dynamics and human health risks in the continuum between beach water and sand. Water Research 162:456-470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.07.006

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Young S, Rohr JR, and Harwood VJ. 2019. Vancomycin resistance plasmids affect persistence of Enterococcus faecium in water. Water Research 166:115069.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.115069

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Zhang Q, Gallard J, Wu B, Harwood VJ, Sadowsky MJ, Hamilton KA, and Ahmed W. 2019. Synergy between quantitative microbial source tracking (qMST) and quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA): A review and prospectus. Environment International 130:104703.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.03.051

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Korajkic A, McMinn BR, and Harwood VJ. 2018. Relationships between microbial indicators and pathogens in recreational water settings. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15:2842. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15122842

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K.H. Nguyen*, C. Senay, S. Young*, B. Nayak, A. Lobos*, J. Conrad*, and V.J. Harwood. 2018. Determination of Wild Animal Sources of Fecal Indicator Bacteria by Microbial Source Tracking (MST) Influences Regulatory Decisions. Water Research 144: 424-434. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.07.034.
 
Symonds EM, Nguyen KH, Harwood VJ, and Breitbart M. 2018. Water Research 144:1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2018.06.066
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Warish A, Zhang Q, Lobos A, Senkbeil J, Sadowsky MJ, Harwood VJ, Saeidi N, Marinoni O, Ishii S. 2018. Precipitation influences pathogenic bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes abundance in storm drain outfalls in coastal sub-tropical waters. Environment International 116:308-318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2018.04.005
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Ahmed W, Hamilton KA, Lobos A, Hughes B, Staley C, Sadowsky MJ, Harwood VJ. 2018. Quantitative microbial risk assessment of microbial source tracking markers in recreational water contaminated with fresh untreated and secondary treated sewage. Environment International 117:243-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2018.05.012
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Ahmed W, Lobos A, Senkbeil J, Peraud J, Gallard J, Harwood VJ. 2018. Evaluation of the novel crAssphage marker for sewage pollution tracking in storm drain outfalls in Tampa, Florida. Water Research 131:142-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.12.011
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Staley C, Kaiser T, Lobos A, Ahmed W, Harwood VJ, Brown CM, Sadowsky MJ. 2018. Application of SourceTracker for accurate identification of fecal pollution in recreational freshwater: a double-blinded study. Environmental Science & Technology 52 (7), 4207-4217. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.7b05401
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