Bacterial diversity and antibiotic resistance in water habitats: Searching the links with the human microbiome

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 761-778

  Vaz Moreira, Ivone ^a   Nunes, Olga C ^b   Manaia, Célia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Contaminant resistome; Drinking water; Microbiome intersections; Natural resistome; Urban water cycle; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; SURFACE WATER; WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIODIVERSITY; GENE TRANSFER; HABITAT; HUMAN; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SOIL; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER; WATER CYCLE;

CONTAMINANT RESISTOME; DRINKING WATER; MICROBIOME INTERSECTIONS; NATURAL RESISTOME; URBAN WATER CYCLE; WASTEWATER;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIODIVERSITY; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84903955388     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6976.12062     Document Type: Review

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