Microbial Remediation of Diverse Antibiotics

Abstract

Antibiotics are compounds that are natural as well as synthetic and semi-synthetic. They show various activities that are antimicrobial in nature. This group of medicines is one of the most successful ones in their usage. In nations that are developing, antibiotics have emerged as a boon. But along with this came a curse. The antibiotics are not completely degraded within the body. The indigested portion comes out into the environment, causing the pollution of antibiotics. Already chemicals, so the usage of chemicals to get rid of such pollution is another hazard. In this review, we have discussed the removal of such antibiotic pollution from various sources like households, hospitals, agricultural fields, and other such places with the help of biological organisms, primarily microorganisms. Bioremediation is a quite common term in the present day, and one of the most effective ones. The microbes either break the chemicals into non-toxic elements or use that as their energy sources and thus, the harmful effect of the compounds gets reduced. The focus of the present review helps us to analyze antibiotics and their bioremediation.