Coselection for microbial resistance to metals and antibiotics in freshwater microcosms

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1510-1514

  Stepanauskas, Ramunas ^a,b   Glenn, Travis C ^a,c   Jagoe, Charles H ^a   Tuckfield, R Cary ^d   Lindell, Angela H ^a   King, Catherine J ^a   McArthur, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CADMIUM; FRESH WATER; NICKEL; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CADMIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; NICKEL; SELECTION (GENETICS); SELECTION, GENETIC; TETRACYCLINE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA MANNITOLILYTICA;

EID: 33746701461     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01091.x     Document Type: Article

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