The role of anaerobic digestion in controlling the release of tetracycline resistance genes and class 1 integrons from municipal wastewater treatment plants

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 791-796

  Ghosh, Sudeshna ^a,b   Ramsden, Sara J ^a,c   Lapara, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c BARR ENGINEERING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Antibiotic resistance; Municipal wastewater treatment; Tetracycline resistance

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PROCESS; ANAEROBIC THERMOPHILIC TREATMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLASS 1 INTEGRONS; DIGESTION PROCESS; INTEGRONS; MESOPHILIC; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; RESISTANCE GENES; SEWAGE SLUDGE STABILIZATION; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TWO STAGE;

ANTIBIOTICS; GENES; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

TETRACYCLINE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; SLUDGE; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE TRANSFER; INTEGRON; MESOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; TECHNIQUE; THERMOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTEGRONS; PLANTS; TEMPERATURE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 69949147601     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-2125-2     Document Type: Article

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