Publications by authors named "Brianna Juhrend"
Environ Sci Technol
June 2017
Article Synopsis
- Disinfected wastewater effluent contains DNA and potential antibiotic resistance genes that can be taken up by environmental bacteria, raising concerns about public health.
- UV treatment was applied to a specific plasmid containing antibiotic resistance genes to investigate how effectively those genes can be transferred to bacteria like Acinetobacter baylyi.
- Results showed that while UV treatment significantly reduced transformation efficiency, qPCR provided a conservative estimate of the potential for these genes to be acquired by bacteria post-UV treatment, revealing that DNA cleavage was not the primary cause of gene inactivation.
