Occurrence and persistence of antibiotic resistance genes in river biofilms after wastewater inputs in small rivers

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 210, Issue , 2016, Pages 121-128

  Proia, Lorenzo ^a   Von Schiller, Daniel ^b   Sànchez Melsió, Alexandre ^a   Sabater, Sergi ^a   Borrego, Carles M ^a   Rodríguez Mozaz, Sara ^a   Balcázar, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Biofilms; Genes; Rivers; WWTPs

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; ANTIBIOTICS; BIOFILMS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); EFFLUENTS; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WWTPS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; MACROLIDE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; WASTE WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOFILM; GENE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RIVER; WASTEWATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENE; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ERMB GENE; GENE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QNRS GENE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SUL I GENE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; RIVER; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; RIVERS; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84958177803     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.11.035     Document Type: Article

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