Influence of tetracycline on the microbial community composition and activity of nitrifying biofilms

Chemosphere

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 295-302

  Matos, Maria ^a   Pereira, Maria A ^a   Parpot, Pier ^a   Brito, António G ^a,c   Nogueira, Regina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacterial community; Nitrifying biofilms; Resistance genes; Tetracycline removal

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; BATCH REACTORS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; NITRIFICATION ACTIVITY; NITRIFYING BIOFILMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION-DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESISTANCE GENES; SEQUENCING BATCH BIOFILM REACTOR; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER;

NITRIFICATION;

TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; POLYMER;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TET GENE; TET(S) GENE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ADSORPTION; BIOFILM; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ADSORPTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; MICROBIOTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIFICATION; POLYMERS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 84922240302     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.06.094     Document Type: Article

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