Survival of antibiotic resistant bacteria and horizontal gene transfer control antibiotic resistance gene content in anaerobic digesters

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue MAR, 2016, Pages

  Miller, Jennifer H ^a   Novak, John T ^a   Knocke, William R ^a   Pruden, Amy ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance gene; Antibiotic resistant bacteria; Biosolids; Horizontal gene transfer; Mesophilic anaerobic digestion; Tetracycline; Thermophilic anaerobic digestion

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PLATE COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE;

EID: 84964319848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00263     Document Type: Article

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