Assessment Of Emerging Pathogens And Antibiotic Resistance Genes In The Biofilm Of Microplastics Incubated Under A Wastewater Discharge Simulation

Selected bacterial, and antibiotic resistance genes sul and INTI1 concentrations by qPCR assays, and ASV tables of bacterial communities growing in biofilms incubated in river -and wastewater treatment plant effluent amended -river water.

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Eytcheson, S., S. Brown, H. Wu, C. Nietch, P. Weaver, J. Darling, E. Pilgrim, T. Purucker, and M. Molina. Assessment of Emerging Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Biofilm of Microplastics Incubated Under a Wastewater Discharge Simulation. Environmental Microbiology. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Hoboken, NJ, USA, 27(5): e70103, (2025).
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Last updated: 2025-05-30T07:56:35.432871
Tags: antibiotic-resistance-genes, asv, inti1, microplastics, pathogens, sul1, wastewater-treatment-plants