Microbial Source Tracking – Approach or approaches intended to identify
the fecal sources impacting a water system. Other terms that relate to MST are
bacterial source tracking (when bacteria is the target), microbial source
identification, and fecal source identification.
mi·cro·bi·al
Pronunciation: mI-'krO-bE-&l
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, caused by, or being microbes <microbial
infection> <microbial agents> —mi·cro·bi·al·ly /-E/
adverb
