Table 3.
Antibiotic resistance genes detected in microcosm experiments using PCR.
| Gene Target | Wastewater effluent | Untreated soil | Microcosm experiment |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soil 30 days post WW irrigation | Soil 60 days post WW irrigation | Wastewater irrigated spinach | Wastewater irrigated beetroot | |||
| blaTEM | + | - | + | + | + | + |
| dfrA | + | - | - | - | - | - |
| aadA | + | - | - | - | - | - |
+ Presence, - Absence.