Effect of temperature on the fate of genes encoding tetracycline resistance and the integrase of class 1 integrons within anaerobic and aerobic digesters treating municipal wastewater solids

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 9128-9133

  Diehl, David L ^a,b   Lapara, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Applied Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CONDITION; AEROBIC DIGESTERS; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA; CLASS 1 INTEGRONS; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; EMERGING POLLUTANTS; GENES ENCODING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDRAULIC RESIDENCE TIME; INTEGRASE; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; QUANTITATIVE PCR; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL RATE; WASTEWATER SOLIDS;

ANTIBIOTICS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENE ENCODING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

INTEGRASE; RIBOSOME RNA; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; DIGESTIBILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; REDOX CONDITIONS; RESIDENCE TIME; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; TET(B) GENE; TET(L) GENE; TET(O) GENE; TET(W) GENE; TET(X) GENE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOREACTORS; CITIES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; INTEGRASES; INTEGRONS; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 78650288297     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es102765a     Document Type: Article

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