Diversity of fecal coliforms and their antimicrobial resistance patterns in wastewater treatment model plant

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1383-1392

  Luczkiewicz A ^a   Fudala Ksiazek S ^a   Jankowska, K ^a   Quant, B ^a   Olanczuk Neyman K ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance patterns; Fecal coliforms; Model treatment plant; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-MICROBIAL AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE PATTERNS; CARBAPENEMS; E. COLI; FECAL COLIFORMS; FLUOROQUINOLONES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY SCALE; LACTAMASES; MECHANICAL TREATMENTS; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; SELECTED STRAINS; SELECTIVE MEDIUM; TREATED WASTEWATER; TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT MODELS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANTIBIOTICS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROORGANISMS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBAPENEM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; FECAL COLIFORM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANIMAL; BIOREACTOR; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEWAGE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOREACTORS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77952301618     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.015     Document Type: Article

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