Phenotypic antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli and E. coli O157 isolated from water, sediment and biofilms in an agricultural watershed in British Columbia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 443, Issue , 2013, Pages 315-323

  Maal Bared, Rasha ^a   Bartlett, Karen H ^a   Bowie, William R ^a   Hall, Eric R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofilms; E. coli O157; Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC); Multiple antibiotic resistance (MAR); Sediment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL STREAMS; AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CEFOTAXIME; CHEMICAL WATER; CIPROFLOXACIN; E. COLI; GENETIC EXCHANGE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICRODILUTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLE ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCES; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; NALIDIXIC ACID; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; SEASONALITY; WATER DEPTH;

ACID RESISTANCE; AGRICULTURE; ANTIBIOTICS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILMS; GENE TRANSFER; LOGISTICS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOFILM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEADWATER; ISOLATED POPULATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; STREAMWATER; WATERSHED;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BROTH DILUTION; CANADA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; BIOFILMS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; ELK CREEK; IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84870174942     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.106     Document Type: Article

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