Environmental pollution from pharmaceutical manufacturing - effects on vertebrates and bacterial communities
Parts of work
1. Pharmaceutical industry effluent diluted 1:500 affects global gene expression, cytochrome p450 1a activity, and plasma phosphate in fish, Gunnarsson L, Kristiansson E, Rutgersson C, Sturve J, Fick J, Förlin L, Larsson DGJ. Environ Tox Chem, 2009, 28: 2639–2647. ::doi::10.1897/09-120.1 2. Oral exposure to industrial effluent with exceptionally high levels
of drugs does not indicate acute toxic effects in rats. Rutgersson C, Gunnarsson L, Fick J, Kristiansson E, Larsson DGJ. Environ Tox Chem, 2013, 32: 577–584. ::doi::10.1002/etc.2105 3. Pyrosequencing of antibiotic-contaminated river sediments reveals high levels of resistance and gene transfer elements. Kristiansson E, Fick J, Janzon A, Grabic R, Rutgersson C, Weijdegård B, Söderström H, Larsson DGJ. PLoS One, 2011, 6(2): e17038. ::doi::10.1371/journal.pone.0017038 4. Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in Indian well water and soil contaminated by industrial pollution. Rutgersson C, Fick J, Marathe N, Kristiansson E, Janzon A, Flach C-F, Larsson DGJ. Manuscript 5. Quinolone resistance (qnr) genes in the gut flora of people living in an antibiotic-contaminated environment. Rutgersson C, Marathe N, Kristiansson E, Moore ERB, Angelin M, Johansson A, Shouche Y, Flach C-F, Larsson DGJ. Manuscript
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine)
University
University of Gothenburg. Sahlgrenska Academy
Institution
Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology. Department of Physiology
Disputation
Fredagen den 4 oktober 2013, kl. 9.00, Hörsal Arvid Carlsson, Academicum, Medicinaregatan 3
Date of defence
2013-10-04
Date
2013-09-13Author
Rutgersson, Carolin
Publication type
Doctoral thesis
ISBN
978-91-628-8628-8
Language
eng