Release of antibiotic resistant bacteria by a waste treatment plant from Romania

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 219-225

  Lupan, Iulia ^a   Carpa, Rahela ^a   Oltean, Andreea ^a   Kelemen, Beatrice Simona ^a   Popescu, Octavian ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistant bacteria; Antibiotic resistant genes; Bacterial pollution sources; Removal rate; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIOLOGY; RIVER; ROMANIA; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; RIVERS; ROMANIA; TETRACYCLINE; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; WASTE WATER;

EID: 85030251468     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME17016     Document Type: Article

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