Role of pepper mild mottle virus as a tracking tool for fecal pollution in aquatic environments.

ABSTRACT: The plant pathogen pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV) has recently been proposed as a water quality indicator, it is a RNA virus belonging to the genus Tobamovirus in the family Virgoviridae that causes harm to the pepper crops. After consuming processed food products containing infected peppers, such as hot sauces, PMMoV is excreted in high concentrations in feces; therefore, this is the most common RNA virus, constantly found in the feces of humans. The fecal-oral pathway is emerging as an environmental problem. The presence of high concentrations of pathogens associated with human excreta in environmental waters or water reuse supplies poses a threat to public health. Due to the difficulty in determining the presence of pathogens effectively in water, attempts to monitor microbial water q

SUBMITTER: Dhakar V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9303839 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature