Effect of silver nanoparticles and antibiotics on antibiotic resistance genes in anaerobic digestion

Water Environment Research

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 411-421

  Miller, Jennifer H ^a   Novak, John T ^a   Knocke, William R ^a   Young, Katherine ^a   Hong, Yanjuan ^a   Vikesland, Peter J ^a   Hull, Matthew S ^a   Pruden, Amy ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs); Ionic silver; Mesophilic anaerobic digestion; Nanosilver; Silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs); Sulfamethoxazole (SMX); Thermophilic anaerobic digestion

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; FATTY ACIDS; GENES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; PULP DIGESTERS; RNA; SILVER; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; WATER RESOURCES;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; MESOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; NANO SILVER; SILVER NANOPARTICLES (AGNPS); SULFAMETHOXAZOLE (SMX); THERMOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FATTY ACID; INTEGRASE; RNA 16S; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; VOLATILE AGENT;

ALKALINITY; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BREEDING SITE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIGESTION; FATTY ACID; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PH; SILVER; WATER RESOURCE;

ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RESISTANCE; INTEGRON; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOIL AMENDMENT; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84879084964     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143012X13373575831394     Document Type: Article

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