Antibiotic resistance and prevalence of class 1 and 2 integrons in Escherichia coli isolated from two wastewater treatment plants, and their receiving waters (Gulf of Gdansk, Baltic Sea, Poland)

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2018-2030

  Kotlarska, Ewa ^a   Łuczkiewicz, Aneta ^b   Pisowacka, Marta ^c   Burzyński, Artur ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^b GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Escherichia coli; Gene cassettes; Integrons; Marine outfalls; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARRAY; BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOLATED POPULATION; PHENOTYPE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF GDANSK; POLAND; VISTULA RIVER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; WASTE WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTEGRON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEA; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY; WASTE WATER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTEGRONS; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84964696284     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3474-7     Document Type: Article

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