Microbial selectivity of UV treatment on antibiotic-resistant heterotrophic bacteria in secondary effluents of a municipal wastewater treatment plant

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 6388-6394

  Guo, Mei Ting ^a,b   Yuan, Qing Bin ^a   Yang, Jian ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistant bacteria; Inactivation; Microbial selectivity; Multiple antibiotic resistance; UV disinfection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA; CEPHALEXIN; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; INACTIVATION; MICROBIAL SELECTIVITY; MULTIPLE ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCES; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; SECONDARY EFFLUENT; UV DISINFECTION; UV TREATMENT;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CEFALEXIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRINKING WATER; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT BACTERIA; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; CHINA; CHLORINATION; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; HETEROTROPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT BACTERIA; INACTIVATION; MICROBIAL SELECTIVITY; MULTIPLE-ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; UV DISINFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84885476112     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.08.012     Document Type: Article

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