Quantification and characterization of β-lactam resistance genes in 15 sewage treatment plants from East Asia and North America

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1351-1358

  Yang, Ying ^a   Zhang, Tong ^a   Zhang, Xu Xiang ^a   Liang, Da Wei ^b   Zhang, Ming ^c   Gao, Da Wen ^d   Zhu, He Guang ^e   Huang, Qing Guo ^f   Fang, Herbert H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e Cestoil Chemical Inc   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

lactam resistance genes; Activated sludge; Phylogenetic analysis; quantitative real time PCR (q PCR)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; RESISTANCE GENES; SEQUENCE IDENTITY;

CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

GENES;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAM; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; BETA LACTAMASE TEM 1; DNA; OXA 1 PROTEIN; OXA 10 PROTEIN; OXA 2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; PHYLOGENETICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SINGAPORE; FAR EAST; GENETICS; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE;

FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FAR EAST; GENETIC VARIATION; METAGENOME; NORTH AMERICA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE;

EID: 84875814190     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3810-5     Document Type: Article

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