Antibiotics and corresponding resistance genes and resistant bacteria have been considered as emerging pollutants worldwide.Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are potential reservoirs contributing to the evolution and spread of antibiotic resistance.In this study, total concentrations of tetracycline and sulfonamide antibiotics in final effluent were detected at 652.6 and 261.1 ng/L, respectively, and in treated
sludge, concentrations were at 1150.0 and 76.0 μg/kg dry weight (dw),