Class 1 integrase, sulfonamide and tetracycline resistance genes in wastewater treatment plant and surface water

Chemosphere

Volumn 144, Issue , 2016, Pages 1665-1673

  Makowska, Nicoletta ^a   Koczura, Ryszard ^a   Mokracka, Joanna ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance genes; Heterotrophic bacteria; Integron; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; GENES; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA; CULTURABLE BACTERIA; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; INTEGRON; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESISTANT BACTERIA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARGININE; CLASS 1 INTEGRASE; INTEGRASE; RIVER WATER; SULFONAMIDE; SURFACE WATER; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE; WASTE WATER;

ABUNDANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; GENE; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SURFACE WATER; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; HETEROTROPH; INTEGRON; INTL1 GENE; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; METAGENOMICS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; SUL GENE; SUL2 GENE; TET GENE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INTEGRASES; INTEGRONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFONAMIDES; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84953791064     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.10.044     Document Type: Article

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