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The Fate of Tetracycline Resistant Bacteria in Biological Wastewater Treatment Plants  

Kim, Sungpyo (Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo)
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Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment / v.22, no.3, 2006 , pp. 527-533 More about this Journal
Abstract
Tetracycline is one of the mostly used antibiotics around the world. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the fate of two different types of tetracycline resistant bacteria in biological wastewater treatment plants. Tetracycline resistant enterics and heterotrophic bacteria were monitored under two different lab-scale experimental conditions. Tetracycline resistant enteric bacteria showed the lower percentages of total enteric bacteria and net specific growth rate in the monitored activated sludge system as compared to tetracycline resistant heterotrophic bacteria. Therefore, total enterics, potentially E.coli, might not be the best indicator microorganism for evaluating the antibiotic resistant bacteria in biological wastewater treatment plant.
Keywords
Tetracycline; Tetracycline resistant bacteria;
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