Detection and fate of antibiotic resistant bacteria in wastewater treatment plants: A review

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 91, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-9

  Bouki, Chryssa ^a   Venieri, Danae ^a   Diamadopoulos, Evan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistant bacteria; Antibiotic resistant genes; Wastewater treatment plants

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; SURFACE WATER; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HEALTH RISK; METABOLISM; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURFACE WATER; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT GENE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLORINATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DISINFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GROWTH RATE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOSPITAL WASTE; HUMAN; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DISINFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84875271250     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.01.016     Document Type: Review

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