Environmental fate of tetracycline resistance genes originating from swine feedlots in river water

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part B Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 624-631

  Jia, Shuyu ^a   He, Xiwei ^a   Bu, Yuanqing ^b   Shi, Peng ^a   Miao, Yu ^a   Zhou, Huiping ^b   Shan, Zhengjun ^b   Zhang, Xu Xiang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; river water; swine wastewater; tetracycline resistance genes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; RNA; TUNGSTEN; WATER POLLUTION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BIVARIATE CORRELATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; ENZYMATIC MODIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; RESISTANCE GENES; RIVER WATER; SWINE WASTEWATER;

WATER RESOURCES;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTICS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FECES; GENETIC MARKER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RIVER WATER; WASTEWATER;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; TETRACYCLINE; WASTE WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIA; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER; SWINE; VETERINARY; WASTE WATER;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUS SCROFA; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84902676693     PISSN: 03601234     EISSN: 15324109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2014.911594     Document Type: Article

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