Concentration and reduction efficiency of vancomycin-resistant heterotrophic bacteria and vanA and vanB genes in wastewater treatment unit processes

Objectives: This study elucidated the distribution and fate of vancomycin (VCM)-resistant heterotrophic bacteria (HTB) and resistance genes, vanA and vanB, during each treatment unit process of a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). Methods: Several bacterial counts as well as copy numbers of vanA and...

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Main Authors: Takashi Furukawa, Tohru Mekata, Mohan Amarasiri, Kazunari Sei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-09-01
Series:Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213716522001734

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