The role of class I integrons in the dissemination of sulfonamide resistance genes in the Pearl River and Pearl River Estuary, South China

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 282, Issue , 2015, Pages 61-67

  Chen, Baowei ^a,b   Liang, Ximei ^c,d   Nie, Xiangping ^e   Huang, Xiaoping ^c   Zou, Shichun ^b   Li, Xiangdong ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^e JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance genes (ARG); Class 1 intergron, pearl river estuary (PRE); South China; Sulfonamide resistance genes (sul1, and sul2)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ESTUARIES; GEMS; GENE TRANSFER; RIVERS; RNA; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; PEARL RIVER ESTUARY; RESISTANCE GENES; SOUTH CHINA;

GENES;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RIVER WATER; RNA 16S; SULFANILAMIDE; SURFACE WATER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SULFONAMIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERMB GENE; ESTUARY; GENE; INT1 GENE; INTEGRON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QNRS GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SUL1 GENE; SUL2 GENE; SUL3 GENE; SUMMER; WINTER; ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; GENETICS; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESTUARIES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INTEGRONS; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SULFONAMIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84921935701     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.06.010     Document Type: Article

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