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Effect of UV light disinfection on antibiotic-resistant coliforms in wastewater effluents.

Applied and environmental microbiology ·Vol. 43 ·No. 2 ·1982-02-00 ·Pages 371-7

Meckes MC

Abstract

Total coliforms and total coliforms resistant to streptomycin, tetracycline, or chloramphenicol were isolated from filtered activated sludge effluents before and after UV light irradiation. Although the UV irradiation effectively disinfected the wastewater effluent, the percentage of the total surviving coliform population resistant to tetracycline or chloramphenicol was significantly higher than the percentage of the total coliform population resistant to those antibiotics before UV irradiation. This finding was attributed to the mechanism of R-factor-mediated resistance to tetracycline. No significant difference was noted for the percentage of the surviving total coliform population resistant to streptomycin before or after UV irradiation. Multiple drug resistance patterns of 300 total coliform isolates revealed that 82% were resistant to two or more antibiotics. Furthermore, 46% of these isolates were capable of transferring antibiotic resistance to a sensitive strain of Escherichia coli.

MeSH Terms
Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology Disinfection Drug Resistance, Microbial/radiation effects Enterobacteriaceae/drug effects,radiation effects R Factors Sewage Sterilization Ultraviolet Rays Water Microbiology
Chemicals
Anti-Bacterial Agents Sewage
Authors & Affiliations
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Meckes M C
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Article Info
Journal
Applied and environmental microbiology
Abbr.
Appl Environ Microbiol
ISSN
0099-2240
DOI
10.1128/aem.43.2.371-377.1982
Published
1982-02-00
Pages
371-7
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7605801
PMCID
PMC241834
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/aem.43.2.371-377.1982 PMC Full Text View journal details
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