Antibiotic resistant bacteria in wastewater processed by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago system

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2297-2304

  Rijal, G K ^a   Zmuda, J T ^a   Gore, R ^a   Abedin, Z ^a   Granato, T ^a   Kollias, L ^a   Lanyon, R ^a  

^a Research and Development Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistant bacteria; Fecal coliform; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA; CHICAGO; FECAL COLIFORM; FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA; FECAL COLIFORMS; FINAL EFFLUENTS; GENTAMYCIN; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RAW SEWAGE; RESEARCH STUDIES; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; WATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECLAMATION PLANTS;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIOLOGY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIA; CRUSHED STONE PLANTS; EFFLUENTS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RAPID SOLIDIFICATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SURVIVAL; WASTEWATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECAL COLIFORM; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE;

CHICAGO; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 70149093220     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.270     Document Type: Article

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