Antibiotic-resistant genes and antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the effluent of urban residential areas, hospitals, and a municipal wastewater treatment plant system

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 4587-4596

  Li, Jianan ^a   Cheng, Weixiao ^a   Xu, Like ^a   Strong, P J ^b   Chen, Hong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance genes; Antibiotic resistant bacteria; Hospitals; Residential areas; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; INTEGRASE; INTEGRON INTEGRASE INTI1; PRIMER DNA; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CITY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CHINA; CITIES; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTEGRASES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDES; TETRACYCLINES; TRIMETHOPRIM; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84925505677     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3665-2     Document Type: Article

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