blaTEM and vanA as indicator genes of antibiotic resistance contamination in a hospital–urban wastewater treatment plant system

Four indicator genes were monitored by quantitative PCR in hospital effluent (HE) and in the raw and treated wastewater of the municipal wastewater treatment plant receiving the hospital discharge. The indicator genes were the class 1 integrase gene intI1, to assess the capacity of bacteria to be in...

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Main Author: Narciso-da-Rocha, Carlos (author)
Other Authors: Varela, Ana R. (author), Schwartz, Thomas (author), Nunes, Olga C. (author), Manaia, Celia M. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/17604
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/17604