Impact of fertilizing with raw or anaerobically digested sewage sludge on the abundance of antibiotic-resistant coliforms, antibiotic resistance genes, and pathogenic bacteria in soil and on vegetables at harvest

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 6898-6907

  Rahube, Teddie O ^a   Marti, Romain ^a   Scott, Andrew ^a   Tien, Yuan Ching ^a   Murray, Roger ^a   Sabourin, Lyne ^a   Zhang, Yun ^a   Duenk, Peter ^b   Lapen, David R ^a   Topp, Edward ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBICALLY DIGESTED SEWAGE SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; COLIFORMS; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM;

ABUNDANCE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOSOLID; DIGESTIBILITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PATHOGENICITY; SEWAGE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; VEGETABLE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERTILIZER; SEWAGE;

AGRICULTURE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; VEGETABLE;

AGRICULTURE; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FECES; FERTILIZERS; HUMANS; SEWAGE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84908304210     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02389-14     Document Type: Article

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