Antibiotic Resistance is Widespread in Urban Aquatic Environments of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 441-452

  Coutinho, Felipe H ^a   Silveira, Cynthia B ^a   Pinto, Leonardo H ^a   Salloto, Gigliola R B ^b   Cardoso, Alexander M ^c   Martins, Orlando B ^a   Vieira, Ricardo P ^a,b   Clementino, Maysa M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b National Institute for Quality Control in Health   (Brazil)

^c Zona Oeste Estadual University   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

BACTERIA; BAY; BRAZIL; CITY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RIVER; SWIMMING;

AMPICILLIN; AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; BACTERIA; BATHING BEACHES; BAYS; BRAZIL; CITIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84907708196     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: 1432184X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-014-0422-5     Document Type: Article

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