Effect of trace tetracycline concentrations on the structure of a microbial community and the development of tetracycline resistance genes in sequencing batch reactors

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 150, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-14

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Huang, Man hong ^a   Qi, Fang fang ^a   Sun, Pei zhe ^b   Van Ginkel, Steven W ^b  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Microbial community; Resistance genes; SBR; Tetracycline

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROORGANISMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; RESISTANCE GENES; SBR; TETRACYCLINE;

GENES;

RNA 16S; TETRACYCLINE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; EFFLUENT; FLUORESCENCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SPECIES;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RESISTANCE GENES; SBR; TETRACYCLINE;

BACTERIA; BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; BIOREACTORS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; SEWAGE; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84885758717     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.09.081     Document Type: Article

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