Chapter 5 - Wastewater treatment plant's tracking of resistant bacteria and gene in wastewater

Abstract

With a considerable increase in the use of treated waste water( reclaimed water) for agriculture landscape irrigation industrial processes, non potable urban application (toilets, street washing, fire protection etc.) ground water recharge and many more there has been a gradual increase in antibiotic resistance bacteria’s and gene in these reclaimed water. This study solely comprises of the tracking of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARBs) and Antibiotic resistant gene (ARGs). This evaluation was done to analyze the antibiotic resistant coliform Bacteria collected from 3 different location i.e. Industrial, Hospital and Household sectors against sulphonamide and tetracycline’s. Tetracycline’s are more broad spectrum as they directly affect the protein synthesis of the microorganism whereas sulphonamide inspite being a broad spectrum (it inhibits the conversion of p amino benzoic acid to dihydropteroate). Tetracycline’s showed more effect on coliform bacteria than sulphonamide in all the water samples.