Seasonal variations in antibiotic resistance gene transport in the Almendares River, Havana, Cuba

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2012, Pages

  Knapp, Charles W ^a,b   Lima, Lazaro ^c   Olivares Rieumont, Susana ^c   Bowen, Emma ^a   Werner, David ^a   Graham, David W ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c Instituto Superior de Tecnologias y Ciencias Aplicadas   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Beta lactamase; Tetracycline; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875675555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00396     Document Type: Article

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