Antibiotic resistance of native and faecal bacteria isolated from rivers, reservoirs and sewage treatment facilities in Victoria, south-eastern Australia

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 164-168

  Boon, Paul I ^a   Cattanach, M ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; URBAN GROWTH; WATER QUALITY;

ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE; DOWN-STREAM; FECAL BACTERIA; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; KANAMYCINS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NALIDIXIC ACID; RIVER RESERVOIRS; SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES; SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RESERVOIR; RIVER; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; VICTORIA;

EID: 0032984531     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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