Strategies to Combat Antibiotic Resistance in the Wastewater Treatment Plants

The main goal of this manuscript is to review different treatment strategies and mechanisms for combating the antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) in the wastewater environment. The high amount of antibiotics is released into the wastewater that may promote selec...

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Main Authors: Fateme Barancheshme, Mariya Munir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02603/full