Long-term field application of sewage sludge increases the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes in soil

Environment International

Volumn 92-93, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-10

  Chen, Qinglin ^a   An, Xinli ^a   Li, Hu ^a   Su, Jianqiang ^a   Ma, Yibing ^b   Zhu, Yong Guan ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance genes; Bacterial pathogens; Horizontal gene transfer; Network analysis; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; CULTIVATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FERTILIZERS; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; MANURES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; CO-OCCURRENCE PATTERN; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LONG-TERM FIELD EXPERIMENTS; POTENTIAL INDICATORS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION;

SOILS;

BETA LACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; MANURE; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; GENE TRANSFER; MANURE; PATHOGEN; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENE; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; CHLOROFLEXI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; FIRMICUTES; GEMMATIMONADETES; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MANURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; PLANCTOMYCETES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARMACOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; STANDARDS;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); FIRMICUTES; GEMMATIMONADETES; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHINA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; MANURE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84961917300     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.03.026     Document Type: Article

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