Genotypic diversity and antibiotic resistance in Sphingomonadaceae isolated from hospital tap water

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 466-467, Issue , 2014, Pages 127-135

  Narciso da Rocha, Carlos ^a   Vaz Moreira, Ivone ^a   Manaia, Célia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Blastomonas; Hospital; Sphingomonadaceae; Tap water

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BLASTOMONAS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPIC DIVERSITY; MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLIES; SPHINGOMONADACEAE; TAP WATER; URBAN WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM;

AMIDES; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

HOSPITALS;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM; CEPHALOSPORIN; COLISTIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S; SULFONAMIDE; TAP WATER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DRINKING WATER; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; GENOTYPE; ISOLATED POPULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISPERSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NOVOSPHINGOBIUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPHINGOBIUM; SPHINGOMONADACEAE; SPHINGOMONAS; WATER SUPPLY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PORTUGAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRINKING WATER; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PORTUGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPHINGOMONADACEAE;

EID: 84880977850     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.109     Document Type: Article

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