Ozone treatment of conditioned wastewater selects antibiotic resistance genes, opportunistic bacteria, and induce strong population shifts

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 559, Issue , 2016, Pages 103-112

  Alexander, Johannes ^a   Knopp, Gregor ^b   Dötsch, Andreas ^a   Wieland, Arne ^c   Schwartz, Thomas ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Xylem Services GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Opportunistic bacteria; Ozone; Population analysis; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; GENES; OZONE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA; ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT GENES; BACTERIAL POPULATION; ERYTHROMYCIN RESISTANCE; POPULATION ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

OZONE RESISTANCE;

ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; MOLECULAR MARKER; OZONE; VANCOMYCIN; WASTE WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; GENE; OZONE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; OZONE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84963642263     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.154     Document Type: Article

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