Exploring antibiotic resistance genes and metal resistance genes in plasmid metagenomes from wastewater treatment plants

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue SEP, 2015, Pages

  Li, An Dong ^a   Li, Li Guan ^a   Zhang, Tong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Metagenome; Metal resistance; Plasmid; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARSENIC; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; COPPER; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; QUINOLONE; STREPTOGRAMIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; ZINC;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METAGENOME; METAL RESISTANCE GENE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT; PLASMID; PRINCIPAL COORDINATE ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 84946731491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01025     Document Type: Article

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