Comparison of qPCR and metagenomic sequencing methods for quantifying antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater

• Gihan Daw Elbait,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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• Mariane Daou,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8651-965X

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• Miral Abuoudah,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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• Ahmed Elmekawy,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Center for Membranes and Advanced Water Technology (CMAT), Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1645-6462

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• Shadi W. Hasan,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Membranes and Advanced Water Technology (CMAT), Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Department of Chemical Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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• Dean B. Everett,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Center for Biotechnology (BTC), Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Infection Research Unit, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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• Habiba Alsafar,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Biotechnology (BTC), Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Emirates Bio-research Center, Ministry of Interior, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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• Andreas Henschel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1386-5372

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• Ahmed F. Yousef

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ahmed.yousef@ku.ac.ae

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Center for Membranes and Advanced Water Technology (CMAT), Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Center for Biotechnology (BTC), Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5734-489X

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