Antibiotic selective pressure for the maintenance of antibiotic resistant genes in coliform bacteria isolated from the aquatic environment

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 249-253

  Park, J Coli ^a   Lee, J C ^a   Oh, J Y ^a   Jeong, Y W ^a   Cho, J W ^a   Joo, H S ^a   Lee, W K ^b   Lee, W B ^b  

^a Seonam University   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Coliform bacteria; Integrons; Selective pressure

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENES; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

ANTIBIOGRAMS;

COLIFORM BACTERIA;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBENICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIUM; RESISTANCE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE CASSETTE; INTEGRON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037222310     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0203     Document Type: Conference Paper

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