Occurrence of integron-associated resistance gene cassettes located on antibiotic resistance plasmids isolated from a wastewater treatment plant
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- 1 August 2003
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Ecology
- Vol. 45 (3) , 239-252
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-6496(03)00164-8
Abstract
The role of a municipal wastewater treatment plant as a reservoir for bacteria carrying antibiotic resistance plasmids was analysed. Altogether, nineKeywords
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