Prevalence and proliferation of antibiotic resistance genes in two municipal wastewater treatment plants

Water Research

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 458-466

  Mao, Daqing ^a   Yu, Shuai ^b   Rysz, Michal ^c   Luo, Yi ^b   Yang, Fengxia ^a,b   Li, Fengxiang ^b   Hou, Jie ^b   Mu, Quanhua ^b   Alvarez, P J J ^d  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GSI Environmental Inc   (United States)

^d Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance propagation; Antibiotics removal; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; DEWATERING; EFFLUENTS; GENES; HEAVY METALS; RECLAMATION; RNA; SEWAGE; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TOXICITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANTIBIOTIC CONCENTRATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; BACTERIAL RESISTANCE; INFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HEAVY METAL; MACROLIDE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; WASTE WATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAVY METAL; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEWAGE; WASTE FACILITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; DRY WEIGHT; GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; WASTE WATER;

CHINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CHINA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84941273135     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.09.010     Document Type: Article

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