Impacts of coexisting antibiotics, antibacterial residues, and heavy metals on the occurrence of erythromycin resistance genes in urban wastewater

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3971-3980

  Gao, Pin ^a,c   He, Shi ^a   Huang, Shenglin ^a   Li, Kanzhu ^a   Liu, Zhenhong ^a   Xue, Gang ^a   Sun, Weimin ^b,c  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Antibacterial residue; Antibiotic; Erythromycin resistance gene; Heavy metal; Urban wastewater

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GENES; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; METALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ZINC;

ANTIBACTERIAL RESIDUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ERYTHROMYCIN RESISTANCE; GLOBAL CHALLENGES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SELECTION MECHANISM; URBAN WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CADMIUM; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CHROMIUM; CIPROFLOXACIN; COPPER; ERYTHROMYCIN; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MACROLIDE; NICKEL; OXYTETRACYCLINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRICLOSAN; ZINC; WASTE WATER;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLOOD; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAVY METAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN DRAINAGE; WASTEWATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EREA GENE; EREB GENE; ERMA GENE; ERMB GENE; ERMC GENE; GENETIC SCREENING; MEFA GENE; MEFE GENE; MICROBIAL GENE; MSRA GENE; MSRB GENE; NONHUMAN; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; SELECTION, GENETIC; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84938204401     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6404-9     Document Type: Article

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