Antibiotic resistance genes in an urban river as impacted by bacterial community and physicochemical parameters

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 24, Issue 30, 2017, Pages 23753-23762

  Zhou, Zhen Chao ^a   Zheng, Ji ^a   Wei, Yuan Yuan ^a   Chen, Tao ^a   Dahlgren, Randy A ^b   Shang, Xu ^c   Chen, Hong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance genes; High throughput qPCR; Microbial community structure; Physicochemical parameters; Urban rivers

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GENE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER POLLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; URBAN POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BURKHOLDERIA; MAMMALIA; ZOOGLOEA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; GENETICS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; RIVER; STANDARDS; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; RIVERS; URBANIZATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 85028757584     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-0032-0     Document Type: Article

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