Changes of resistome, mobilome and potential hosts of antibiotic resistance genes during the transformation of anaerobic digestion from mesophilic to thermophilic

Water Research

Volumn 98, Issue , 2016, Pages 261-269

  Tian, Zhe ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Yu, Bo ^a   Yang, Min ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Antibiotic resistance gene; Mobilome; Network analysis; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLUDGE DIGESTION;

% REDUCTIONS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; BACTERIAL GENUS; MESOPHILIC; METAGENOMES; MOBILOME; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; THERMOPHILICS; THREE CATEGORIES; TRANSFORMATION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SEWAGE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DIGESTIBILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; SLUDGE; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; INTEGRON; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; METAGENOME; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SLUDGE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTEGRONS; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84963799557     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.04.031     Document Type: Article

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