Bacterial isolates from the Arctic region (Pasvik River, Norway): assessment of biofilm production and antibiotic susceptibility profiles

• Published in: Environmental Science and Pollution Research
• Main Authors: LAGANA', Pasqualina, Ludovica, Votano, Gabriella, Caruso, Maurizio, Azzaro, Angelina, Lo Giudice, DELIA, Santi Antonino
• Other Authors: Lagana', Pasqualina, Delia, Santi Antonino
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2018
• Subjects: bacteria; biofilm; antibiotic susceptibility; Pasvik river; Arctic region; Arctic; Norway; Pasvik
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11570/3115530; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-0485-1; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-017-0485-1

Bacterial biofilm production is recognised as a strategy that helps aquatic bacteria in resisting to the presence of several kinds of pollutants, including antibiotics, in the bulk environment. The Pasvik river, located between Norway, Russia and Finland, is a sub-Arctic site polluted by wastes from...