Revisiting antibiotic resistance spreading in wastewater treatment plants - Bacteriophages as a much neglected potential transmission vehicle

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue NOV, 2017, Pages

  Lood, Rolf ^a   Ertürk, Gizem ^a   Mattiasson, Bo ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotic resistance genes; Antimicrobial resistance; Bacteriophages; Wastewater treatment; WWTP

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85034627797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02298     Document Type: Short Survey

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