Antibiotic resistance genes and human bacterial pathogens: Co-occurrence, removal, and enrichment in municipal sewage sludge digesters

Water Research

Volumn 91, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-10

  Ju, Feng ^a   Li, Bing ^b   Ma, Liping ^a   Wang, Yubo ^a   Huang, Danping ^a   Zhang, Tong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digesters; Antibiotic resistance genes; Human bacterial pathogens; Metagenomics; Network analysis; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; GENES; PATHOGENS; SLUDGE DIGESTION;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; BETA-LACTAMS; CO-OCCURRENCE; HUMAN BACTERIAL PATHOGEN; METAGENOMICS; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE SLUDGE DIGESTERS;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BETA LACTAM; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; STREPTOGRAMIN DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SEWAGE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; CORRELATION; DIGESTIBILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; PATHOGEN; PATHOGENICITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; COLLINSELLA AEROFACIENS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; GORDONIA; GORDONIA BRONCHIALIS; METAGENOMICS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; COLLINSELLA AEROFACIENS; GORDONIA BRONCHIALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METAGENOME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE;

EID: 84953263285     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.11.071     Document Type: Article

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