Abundance and distribution of tetracycline resistance genes and mobile elements in an oxytetracycline production wastewater treatment system

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 7551-7557

  Liu, Miaomiao ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Yang, Min ^a   Tian, Zhe ^a   Ren, Liren ^b   Zhang, Shujun ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b North China Pharmaceutical Group Corporation   (China)

^c YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTIC PRODUCTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; CLASS 1; MOBILE ELEMENTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; OXYTETRACYCLINES (OTC); POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REAL-TIME PCR; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESISTANCE GENES; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEWAGE;

GENES;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; RNA 16S; TETA PROTEIN; TETC PROTEIN; TETG PROTEIN; TETL PROTEIN; TETM PROTEIN; TETO PROTEIN; TETQ PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE; TETW PROTEIN; TETX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABUNDANCE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DISCHARGE; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CLOSTRIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; INTEGRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; STREPTOMYCES; TRANSPOSON; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84863938706     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es301145m     Document Type: Article

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