Characterization of fluoroquinolone resistance and qnr diversity in Enterobacteriaceae from municipal biosolids.

Municipal biosolids produced during activated sludge treatment applied in waste water treatment plants, are significant reservoirs of antibiotic resistance, since they assemble both natural and fecal microbiota, as well as residual concentrations of antibiotic compounds. This raises major concerns r...

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Main Authors: Ella eKaplan, Maya eOffek, Edouard eJurkevitch, Eddie eCytryn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00144/full