Effect of silver nanoparticles and antibiotics on antibiotic resistance genes in anaerobic digestion.

This work was supported by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency STAR (Science to Achieve Results) Grant R834856, National Science Foundation Chemical, Bioengineering, and Transport Systems CAREER award #0852942, and Virginia Tech Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science seed funding and award TSTS 11–26. Jennifer Miller was supported by the Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Via Scholarship and Virginia Tech Graduate School Cunningham Fellowship. The findings of this study do not necessarily reflect the views of the supporting entities.