Role of Escherichia coli strain subgroups, integrons, and integron-associated gene cassettes in dissemination of antimicrobial resistance in aquatic environments of Jinan, China

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2385-2392

  Han, Ning ^a   Sheng, Duohong ^a   Xu, Hai ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Escherichia coli; Gene cassette arrays; Integrons; Phylogenetic groups; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA; ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE GENES; E. COLI; HOSPITAL WASTEWATER; INTEGRONS; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; PHYLOGENETIC GROUPS; RIVER WATER;

ANTIBIOTICS; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WASTEWATER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFEPIME; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; NALIDIXIC ACID; RIVER WATER; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; PHYLOGENETICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CASSETTE; HOSPITAL WASTE; INTEGRON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; WASTE WATER;

DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; INTEGRONS; PHYLOGENY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CHINA; JINAN [SHANDONG]; SHANDONG;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84872719497     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.473     Document Type: Article

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