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In this study, conventional activated sludge (CAS), biological nutrient removal (BNR), sequencing batch reactor (SBR), membrane bioreactor (MBR), package MBR, and WWTP with coagulation\u2013flocculation and UV disinfection units were investigated in terms of their removal efficiencies on overall bacterial genes with 16S rDNA and seven ARGs including the genes <jats:italic>aadA<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>bla<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>CTX\u2010M<\/jats:sub>, <jats:italic>cmlA<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>ermB<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>sul1<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>tetA,<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>qnrS<\/jats:italic> corresponding to commonly used antibiotics aminoglycosides, \u03b2\u2010lactams, amphenicols, macrolides\u2013lincosamides\u2013streptogramins, sulfonamides\u2013trimethoprim, tetracyclines, and quinolones, respectively. Seasonal abundance of overall genes and ARGs in influents and effluents of each WWTPs was determined by quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Membrane bioreactor and package MBR systems showed the highest removal efficiency up to 5\u2010log reductions. Seasonal changes affected ARG removal efficiencies of BNR and CAS significantly (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.05). The lowest log reductions were determined in summer for BNR and in both autumn and winter for CAS. The abundance of the genes increased in sludge treatment of CAS. In all WWTPs tested, ARG removal rates were correlated with the 16S rDNA gene removal (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&gt;\u00a00.05). The results elucidated that the removal mechanism was not ARG\u2010specific.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Practitioner points<\/jats:title><jats:p>\n<jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>Removal of genes in WWTPs was found to be not ARG\u2010specific.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>MBR and package MBR systems had the highest gene removal efficiencies.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>Effluents of the MBR systems still retained up to 10<jats:sup>4<\/jats:sup>\u00a0gene\u00a0copy\u00a0number\/ml.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>Removal of genes in CAS and BNR systems showed seasonal variations.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>The copy numbers of the genes increased in the sludge of CAS.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n<\/jats:list>\n<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/wer.1286","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,17]],"date-time":"2019-12-17T09:38:20Z","timestamp":1576575500000},"page":"911-921","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Removal of antibiotic resistance genes in various water resources recovery facilities"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"92","author":[{"given":"Serkan","family":"Kucukunsal","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Environmental Engineering Middle East Technical University Ankara Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8114-4230","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bulent","family":"Icgen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Environmental Engineering Middle East Technical University Ankara Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_6_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.memsci.2011.01.014"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.chemosphere.2017.01.041"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1021\/es501851s"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1067\/mic.2001.119952"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1128\/AEM.02799-06"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/ismej.2014.8"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.biortech.2009.02.056"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/nrmicro1325"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/ismej.2011.15"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/s41598-019-49263-1"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00128-014-1383-6"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.envpol.2017.11.048"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2018.05.165"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_15_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.chemosphere.2008.11.086"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_16_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1021\/es202775r"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_17_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.watres.2018.08.060"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_18_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2017.06.250"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_19_1","first-page":"1","article-title":"Agarose gel electrophoresis for the separation of DNA fragments","volume":"62","author":"Lee P. 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