Sourcing faecal pollution from onsite wastewater treatment systems in surface waters using antibiotic resistance analysis

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 471-482

  Carrol, Steven ^a   Hargreaves, M ^a   Goonetilleke, A ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Discriminant analysis; Escherichia coli; Onsite systems

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANTIBIOTICS; CONTAMINATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; RECLAMATION; RIVER POLLUTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE ANALYSES (ARA); ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE; CEPHALOTHIN; E. COLI; FECAL CONTAMINATION; FECAL POLLUTION; OFLOXACIN; ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS; ONSITE SYSTEMS;

SURFACE WATERS;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LATAMOXEF; OFLOXACIN; SURFACE WATER; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; LIVESTOCK; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 24044488255     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02644.x     Document Type: Article

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