Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Bacterial Community Composition in a River Influenced by a Wastewater Treatment Plant

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Marti, Elisabet ^a   Jofre, Juan ^b   Balcazar, Jose Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; RIBOSOME RNA; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTEROIDETES; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PYROSEQUENCING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; RIVERS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84886426225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078906     Document Type: Article

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