Antibiotic resistance, gene transfer, and water quality patterns observed in waterways near cafo farms and wastewater treatment facilities

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 217, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 473-489

  West, Bridgett M ^a   Liggit, Peggy ^a   Clemans, Daniel L ^a   Francoeur, Steven N ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs); Conjugation; Fecal coliforms; Water pollution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL ISOLATES; CLASS I; CONFINED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS (CAFOS); CONJUGATION; CONJUGATION ASSAY; CONJUGATIVE TRANSFER; DRUG-RESISTANT BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOLATES; FECAL COLIFORM; FECAL COLIFORMS; GENETIC LINKAGE; INTEGRONS; KANAMYCINS; NATURAL WATERS; QUALITY PATTERNS; REFERENCE SITES; RESISTANCE GENES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STUDY SITES; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER QUALITY INDICATORS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIOLOGY; FARMS; FEEDING; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; OIL SPILLS; PHOSPHORUS; RECLAMATION; RIVERS; TURBIDITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WATER POLLUTION;

AMPICILLIN; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; KANAMYCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PHOSPHORUS; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM; FECAL COLIFORM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECAL COLIFORM; GENE TRANSFER; INTEGRON; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PH; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TEMPERATURE; TURBIDITY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 79955068557     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0602-y     Document Type: Article

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