Ultraviolet disinfection of antibiotic resistant bacteria and their antibiotic resistance genes in water and wastewater

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 13393-13400

  McKinney, Chad W ^a   Pruden, Amy ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA; CELL TYPES; DAMAGE EVENTS; E. COLI; EQUIVALENT LENGTH; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; EXTRACELLULAR; GENOME SIZES; GRAM-POSITIVE ORGANISMS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; P.AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMINE DIMERS; ULTRAVIOLET DISINFECTIONS; UV DISINFECTION; UV DOSE; UV TREATMENT; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT; WATER AND WASTEWATER; WATER DISINFECTIONS;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACILLI; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYTOSINE; DNA; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; THYMINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; POLYMER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; DIMERIZATION; DISINFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYRIMIDINES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WASTE WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84871269104     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es303652q     Document Type: Article

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