Trends in antibiotic resistance genes occurrence in the Haihe River, China.

Y, Luo; D, Mao; M, Rysz; Q, Zhou; H, Zhang; L, Xu; J Alvarez P, J

doi:10.1021/es100233w

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Trends in antibiotic resistance genes occurrence in the Haihe River, China.

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Luo Y

Mao D

Rysz M

Abstract

The occurrence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) was quantified in water and sediment samples collected from a 72 km stretch of the Haihe River, China. Tetracycline resistance genes (tetW, tetQ, tetO, tetT, tetM, tetB, and tetS) were not detected by quantitative PCR in many sampl...

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