Metagenomic comparison of antibiotic resistance genes associated with liquid and dewatered biosolids

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 463-470

  McCall, Crystal A ^b   Bent, Elizabeth ^a   Jørgensen, Tue S ^c   Dunfield, Kari E ^a   Habash, Marc B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSOLIDS; DEWATERING; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; CLASS B BIOSOLIDS; COLONY FORMING UNITS; CULTURED BACTERIA; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MUNICIPAL BIOSOLIDS; PLASMID METAGENOME;

ANTIBIOTICS;

BETA LACTAM; QUINOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIQUID; METAGENOMICS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; SLUDGE; UNITED STATES; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; METAGENOMICS; SEWAGE;

EID: 84960405919     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2015.05.0255     Document Type: Article

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