Antibiotic resistance characteristics of environmental bacteria from an oxytetracycline production wastewater treatment plant and the receiving river

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3444-3451

  Li, Dong ^a   Yu, Tao ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Yang, Min ^a   Li, Zhen ^a   Liu, Miaomiao ^a   Qi, Rong ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL SAMPLING; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; BACTERIAL POPULATION; BACTERIAL STRAINS; CLASS I; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETIC ELEMENTS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INTEGRONS; PRODUCTION PLANT; RESISTANCE GENES; RIVER WATER; SELECTIVE PRESSURE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIOLOGY; EFFLUENTS; GENES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

RIVERS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SAMPLING; SURFACE WATER; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDUSTRY; GENETICS; INTEGRON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RIVER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; BACTERIA; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PHYLOGENY; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 77953037744     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02964-09     Document Type: Article

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