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Bacterial Dynamics in Antibiotic Wastewater Treatment – A Review

Authors: U. Priyanka, Abhishek Nandan.

Ref: Int J OHSFE-Allied Sci./Vol. 2/Issue 1/Oct-Dec,2014/001-008.

Abstract:

Globally, significant amounts of antibiotic wastewaters are discharged into receiving waters daily directly or indirectly. Conventional wastewater treatment processes do not always adequately removed pharmaceuticals causing environmental dissemination of low levels of these compounds. Pharmaceutical compounds including antibiotics and other drugs have been observed in the aquatic environment. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a major threat to health care worldwide, and besides hospital and veterinary settings it has been suggested that non-clinical environments, such as wastewaters, may play a significant role in resistance development and dissemination. These compounds have been detected in surface water, ground water, sewage effluents and even in drinking water. Antibiotic resistance genes can be associated traits from one bacterium to another. Together with the pathogens that are present in the reclaimed water, antibiotic resistant bacteria can potentially exchange mobile genetic elements to create the perfect microbial storm. Recent studies has proven that tremendous usage of antibiotics is leading to antibiotic resistance in bacteria This paper is a review on bacterial dynamics in antibiotic wastewater treatment.

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