Occurrence and abundance of tetracycline, sulfonamide resistance genes, and class 1 integron in five wastewater treatment plants

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 7276-7284

  Du, Jing ^a   Ren, Hongqiang ^a   Geng, Jinju ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Xu, Ke ^a   Ding, Lili ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Class 1 integron; Sewage source; Sulfonamide resistance gene; Tetracycline resistance gene; Treatment process

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOREACTOR; DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFLUENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OXIC CONDITIONS; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SEWAGE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; WASTE WATER;

ANALYSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOREACTOR; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; INTEGRON; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOREACTORS; CHINA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTEGRONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; SULFONAMIDES; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84902553267     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2613-5     Document Type: Article

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