High-throughput quantification of antibiotic resistance genes from an urban wastewater treatment plant

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Karkman, Antti ^a   Johnson, Timothy A ^b,c   Lyra, Christina ^a   Stedtfeld, Robert D ^b   Tamminen, Manu ^a,d   Tiedje, James M ^b   Virta, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

qPCR; Sewage; Sludge

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DEVICES; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTEGRON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; INTEGRONS; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84962144521     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiw014     Document Type: Article

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