Characterization of ciprofloxacin-resistant isolates from a wastewater treatment plant and its receiving river

Water Research

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 67-76

  Marti, Elisabet ^a   Huerta, Belinda ^a   Rodríguez Mozaz, Sara ^a   Barceló, Damià ^a,b   Jofre, Juan ^c   Balcázar, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Biofilm; Qnr genes; Sediment; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; DNA; EFFLUENTS; GENES; RECLAMATION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIBIOTIC CONCENTRATION; ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE; DOWN-STREAM; PLANT DISCHARGE; QNR GENE; RESISTANT STRAINS; SAMPLING AREAS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT; Β-LACTAMASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; RIVER SEDIMENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANTIBIOTICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBENICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPEMIDIC ACID; RNA 16S; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; WASTE WATER; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; BETA LACTAMASE SHV; BETA LACTAMASE TEM 1; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; EFFLUENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GENE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; ALLELE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; PLASMID; RIVER DISCHARGE; SAMPLING; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AEROMONAS; ALLELE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOFILM; EMBL NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE DATABASE; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; RNA SEQUENCE; SEDIMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SPAIN; WASTE WATER; AAC(6') IB CR GENE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; QNRA GENE; QNRB GENE; QNRS GENE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84901481498     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.05.006     Document Type: Article

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