Seasonal Disparities in Airborne Bacteria and Associated Antibiotic Resistance Genes in PM2.5 between Urban and Rural Sites

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 74-79

  Xie, Jiawen ^a   Jin, Ling ^a   Luo, Xiaosan ^b   Zhao, Zhen ^b   Li, Xiangdong ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; GENES; LAND USE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POTABLE WATER; RURAL AREAS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; GENERAL POPULATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; POPULATION EXPOSURE; RELATIVE CONSISTENCY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL CORRELATION; URBAN AND RURAL SITES;

URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 85041954741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.7b00561     Document Type: Article

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