Dataset

Bacteroides phages recovered from human and animal faecal matrices in rural Kenya

SanitationKenyaEnvironmental Information Data Centre

Dataset Objective

To develop new markers that could identify cattle and/or human fecal contamination sources, which could be used as part of a Microbial Source Tracking (MST) toolbox.

Context

Data was collected in collaboration with the University of Brighton (UK), the University of Southampton (UK), from the Victoria Institute for Research on Environment and Development (VIRED) (KE) and the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) (KE).

What is included

Data contains the detection of bacteriophages in conjunction with traditional faecal indicator organisms in water sources from Kisumu and Siaya County (Kenya) occurring between June 18th, 2018 and June 13th, 2019. Data also contains the 18 locations in which the feacal sample was collected within Siaya and Kisumu counties.

Collection Methods

Data was collected through sample laboratory analysis - membrane filtration and the double-agar-layer methods were used for the detection of bacteriophages and traditional faecal indicator organisms.