Fate of antibiotic resistance genes in two Arctic tundra wetlands impacted by municipal wastewater

In the Canadian Arctic, it is common practice to discharge municipal wastewater into tundra wetlands. Antibiotic resistant bacteria and the antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) they contain can be present in municipal wastewater and there is a scarcity of knowledge on ARGs in wastewater in Arctic envi...

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Published in:Science of The Total Environment
Main Authors: Hayward, Jennifer L., Jackson, Amy J., Yost, Christopher K., Hansen, Lisbeth Truelstrup, Jamieson, Rob C.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2018
Subjects:
ARG
Tundra wetland hydrology
qPCR
Cold climate
Arctic
Antimicrobial resistance
Canada
Naujaat
Nunavut
Sanikiluaq
inuit
Tundra
Online Access:https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/27f7d7d3-1a19-4776-98c2-19151b9bbb58
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.083
https://backend.orbit.dtu.dk/ws/files/153263487/Post_print_Hayward_et_al_2018_Arg_in_NU_wetlands_STOTEN_07_05_2018.pdf

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