Long-term effects of antibiotics on the elimination of chemical oxygen demand, nitrification, and viable bacteria in laboratory-scale wastewater treatment plants

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 354-364

  Schmidt, Susan ^a   Winter, Josef ^a   Gallert, Claudia ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; NITRITE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; INHIBITION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NITRIFICATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELIMINATION REACTION; HETEROTROPHY; LABORATORY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; NITRIFICATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84866494503     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-012-9773-4     Document Type: Article

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