Advanced treatment of urban wastewater by UV radiation: Effect on antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant E. coli strains

Chemosphere

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-176

  Rizzo, Luigi ^a   Fiorentino, Antonino ^a   Anselmo, Antonella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b Pluriacque   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistant bacteria; Chlorination; Disinfection; Minimum inhibiting concentration (MIC); Photodegradation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHOTODEGRADATION; STRAIN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA; ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT ESCHERICHIA COLI; CHLORINATION PROCESS; LETHAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITING CONCENTRATION (MIC); PSEUDO-FIRST ORDER KINETIC MODEL; URBAN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; CHLORINATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISINFECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URBAN REGION; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHLORINATION; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84876880632     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.03.021     Document Type: Article

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