Ultraviolet reduction of erythromycin and tetracycline resistant heterotrophic bacteria and their resistance genes in municipal wastewater

Chemosphere

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2864-2868

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

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance genes; Antibiotic resistant bacteria; Erythromycin; Tetracycline; UV disinfection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DISINFECTION; ERBIUM ALLOYS; GENES; IRRADIATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UV DISINFECTION;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; DISINFECTION; IRRADIATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; WASTEWATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENE; DISINFECTION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HETEROTROPHY; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT BACTERIA; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UV DISINFECTION;

BACTERIA; DISINFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; TETRACYCLINE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84887409060     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.08.068     Document Type: Article

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