Presence of antibiotic resistance genes in a sewage treatment plant in Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 188, Issue , 2015, Pages 79-83

  Naquin, Anthony ^a   Shrestha, Arsen ^a   Sherpa, Mingma ^a   Nathaniel, Rajkumar ^a   Boopathy, Raj ^a  

^a NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance genes; Erythromycin; MRSA; Sewage treatment; Tetracycline

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MRSA; TETRACYCLINE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; ERYTHROMYCIN; MECA PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; RNA 16S; SEWAGE; TETRACYCLINE; WASTE WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; LOUISIANA; METABOLISM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; CARBON; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LOUISIANA; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TETRACYCLINE; WASTE WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84933540313     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.01.052     Document Type: Article

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