Fate of antibiotic resistance genes in sewage treatment plant revealed by metagenomic approach

Water Research

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 97-106

  Yang, Ying ^a   Li, Bing ^a   Zou, Shichun ^b   Fang, Herbert H P ^a   Zhang, Tong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance genes; Bacterial community; Metagenomic analysis; Sewage treatment plant

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANTIBIOTICS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; HEALTH RISKS; MICROORGANISMS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SLUDGE DIGESTION; THROUGHPUT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METAGENOMIC ANALYSIS; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SEWAGE-TREATMENT PLANTS; SLUDGE TREATMENT;

GENES;

ACRIDINE; ACRIFLAVINE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BETA LACTAM; BICOZAMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; FOSFOMYCIN; FOSMIDOMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; POLYMYXIN; STREPTOGRAMIN DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN; SEWAGE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; DIGESTION; GENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEWAGE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; BIOINFORMATICS; DNA EXTRACTION; FIRMICUTES; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE TREATMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS; WATER QUALITY; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BACTERIAL GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METAGENOMICS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84902333101     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.05.019     Document Type: Article

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