Antibiotic-Resistant Escherichia coli in Wastewaters, Surface Waters, and Oysters from an Urban Riverine System

Antibiotic-Resistant Escherichia coli in Wastewaters, Surface Waters, and Oysters from an Urban Riverine System

The antibiotic resistance (AR) patterns of 462 Escherichia coli isolates from wastewater, surface waters, and oysters were determined. Rates of AR and multiple-AR among isolates from surface water sites adjacent to wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) discharge sites were significantly higher (P < 0...

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Published in:Applied and Environmental Microbiology Vol. 73; no. 17; pp. 5667 - 5670
Main Authors: Watkinson, A.J, Micalizzi, G.B, Graham, G.M, Bates, J.B, Costanzo, S.D
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01-09-2007
Subjects:
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
Biological and medical sciences
Cities
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Environmental Microbiology
Escherichia coli - drug effects
Escherichia coli - isolation & purification
Fresh Water - microbiology
Freshwater
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Microbiology
Mollusca
Ostreidae - microbiology
Rivers - microbiology
Waste Disposal, Fluid
Water Pollutants - analysis
Cities
Resistance
Antibiotic
Bivalvia
Oyster
Escherichia coli
Surface water
Bacteria
Invertebrata
Mollusca
Enterobacteriaceae
Waste water
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Summary:The antibiotic resistance (AR) patterns of 462 Escherichia coli isolates from wastewater, surface waters, and oysters were determined. Rates of AR and multiple-AR among isolates from surface water sites adjacent to wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) discharge sites were significantly higher (P < 0.05) than those among other isolates, whereas the rate of AR among isolates from oysters exposed to WWTP discharges was low (<10%).
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology, University of Queensland, 39 Kessels Rd., Coopers Plains, Brisbane, QLD, Australia 4108. Phone: 61 7 32749004. Fax: 61 7 32749003. E-mail: a.watkinson@uq.edu.au
ISSN:0099-2240
1098-5336
DOI:10.1128/AEM.00763-07