Fate of antibiotic resistant bacteria and genes during wastewater chlorination: Implication for antibiotic resistance control

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Yuan, Qing Bin ^a   Guo, Mei Ting ^a,b   Yang, Jian ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; SULFADIAZINE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; WASTE WATER;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHLORINATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EREA GENE; EREB GENE; ERMA GENE; ERMB GENE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOTOCATALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TETA GENE; TETB GENE; TETM GENE; TETO GENE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HALOGENATION; MICROBIOLOGY; WASTE WATER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HALOGENATION; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84928901963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119403     Document Type: Article

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