Research Article

Monitoring Antibiotic Residues and Corresponding Antibiotic Resistance Genes in an Agroecosystem

Table 1

Description of each sediment and soil sample.

SiteSite description

Sediment #1Site located 0.2 km away from a swine manure compositing facility
Sediment #2 Site located 0.5 km away from a swine manure compositing facility
Sediment #3Site located 1.0 km away from a swine manure compositing facility
Sediment #4Site located 1.5 km away from a swine manure compositing facility
Soil #1Rice paddy soil treated with swine manure and having a distance of 2.0 km from a swine manure composting facility
Soil #2Rice paddy soil influencing antibiotics via irrigation and having a distance of 2.0 km from a swine manure composting facility