Among the different pharmaceuticals present in soil and water ecosystems as micro-
contaminants, considerable attention has been paid to antibiotics, since their increasing use …

Veterinary pharmaceuticals (VPs) increasingly used in animal husbandry have led to their
presence in aquatic environments–surface water (SW) or groundwater (GW)–and even in …

Microalgae-based biotechnology for antibiotics biodegradation in swine wastewater has
been receiving an increasing attention. In this study, microalgae and fungi co-cultivation …

Trace levels of antibiotics were frequently found in drinking-water, leading a growing
concern that drinking-water is an important exposure source to antibiotics in humans. In this …

Biological treatment represents a fundamental component of wastewater treatment plants
(WWTPs). The transmission of antibiotic resistance bacteria (ARB) and resistance genes …

Veterinary antibiotics are widely used worldwide to treat and prevent infectious diseases, as
well as (in countries where allowed) to promote growth and improve feeding efficiency of …

Sulfonamide antibiotics have aroused increasing concerns due to their ability to enhance
the resistance of pathogenic bacteria and promote the spread of antibiotic resistance …

Sulfonamides (SAs) are common antibiotics that are widely present in the environment and
can easily migrate in the environment, so they pose an environmental risk. Minerals and …

In recent decades, antibiotic residues in the environment have increased, affecting
components of biological communities, from bacteria to plants and animals. Different …

With focus on industrial scale up, this study presents a critical review of the experimental
investigations over the last two decades in eliminating antibiotic and other pharmaceutically …