Development of diagnostic test methods for detecting key wildlife pathogens in bacteria-containing commercial biodegradation products

Bacteria-containing commercial products, sold to facilitate biodegradation of human and animal wastes, consist of complex mixtures of bacteria. These mixtures are often of undetermined composition and grown in batch cultures from diverse bacteria-rich inocula of proprietary origins. In order to provide a means of testing for the presence of small numbers of microorganisms, pathogenic to terrestrial or avian wildlife, in bacteria-containing …