Bioremediation of Antibiotics as a Pollutant in Soil
- Title
- Bioremediation of Antibiotics as a Pollutant in Soil
- Creator
- Gupta A.; Bhatt Y.; Rais N.; Nagella P.; Vasantha V.L.
- Description
- The discovery of antibiotics had been a major breakthrough in the field of medicine. Apart from its use in treating disease, it is been used extensively in agricul-tural fields and animal husbandry to improve livestock and crop yield. Improper and overuse of antibiotics have found a route in the food chain and has accumulated in environmental resources like water and soil. This is of serious concern as it leads to the development of drug-resistant microorganisms which is a global threat and also alters the microbial diversity as they are bacteriostatic and bactericidal. Bioaugmen-tation and Biostimulation approaches are effective in the degradation of antibiotics in soil. For enhanced degradation of antibiotics consortia, engineered microbes and enzyme-mediated methods are feasible methods for effective remediation of antibi-otics in soil. Currently, extensive research on the bioremediation of antibiotics is carried out as they are cost-effective and eco-friendly. The present chapter deals with various contamination sources of antibiotics in soil, adverse effects of antibiotics in soil, different bioremediation approaches, and mechanisms, and regulations in the use of antibiotics. The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.
- Source
- Microbial and Biotechnological Interventions in Bioremediation and Phytoremediation, pp. 375-403.
- Date
- 2022-01-01
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Subject
- Antibiotics; Bioaugmentation; Bioremediation; Biostimulation; Mycoremediation; Phycoremediation; Phytoremediation
- Coverage
- Gupta A., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, 560029, India; Bhatt Y., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, 560029, India; Rais N., Department of Pharmacy, Bhagwant University, Rajasthan, Ajmer, 305004, India; Nagella P., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, 560029, India; Vasantha V.L., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, 560029, India
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISBN: 978-303108830-8; 978-303108829-2
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Book chapter
Collection
Citation
Gupta A.; Bhatt Y.; Rais N.; Nagella P.; Vasantha V.L., “Bioremediation of Antibiotics as a Pollutant in Soil,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 24, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/18607.