Organic carbon: An overlooked factor that determines the antibiotic resistome in drinking water sand filter biofilm
Biofilter, an essential water treatment process, is reported to be the harbor of bacterial antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Due to the oligotrophic characteristic of source water, filter biofilm is largely influenced by the concentration of organic carbon. The objective of this study was to inves...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-04-01
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Series: | Environment International |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412018322943 |