Effects on activated sludge bacterial community exposed to sulfamethoxazole

Chemosphere

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-106

  Collado, N ^a   Buttiglieri, G ^a   Marti, E ^a   Ferrando Climent, L ^a   Rodriguez Mozaz, S ^a   Barcelo D ^a,b   Comas, J ^a   Rodriguez Roda, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Bacterial community; Resistance genes; Sulphonamide; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANTIBIOTICS; BATCH REACTORS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; RESISTANCE GENES; SULPHONAMIDE; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA;

DNA 16S; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; RNA 16S; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE;

ACCLIMATION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTICS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTROKINESIS; EMERGENCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEW SPECIES; NITROGEN; WASTEWATER;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOMASS; CELL COUNT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLOROBI; CHLOROFLEXI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; EXPOSURE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SPHINGOBACTERIA; SULI GENE; THIOTRIX; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHLOROBI; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; SPHINGOBACTERIA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; RESISTANCE GENES; SULPHONAMIDE; WASTEWATER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; SEWAGE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84882679952     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.04.094     Document Type: Article

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