Aerobic digestion reduces the quantity of antibiotic resistance genes in residual municipal wastewater solids

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue FEB, 2013, Pages

  Burch, Tucker R ^a   Sadowsky, Michael J ^a   LaPara, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic digestion; Antibiotic resistance genes; Class 1 integrons; Municipal wastewater treatment; qPCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84875904696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00017     Document Type: Article

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