Antibiotic pollution and associated antimicrobial resistance in the environment

The widespread and injudicious usage of antibiotics to contain pathogenic microbial infections, coupled with inadequate treatment of wastes containing non-metabolized antibiotics and their residues is resulting in rising environmental antibiotic concentrations, leading to ‘antibiotic pollution’. Antibiotic pollution is an emerging global challenge as it is proving a major driver for antibiotic- or antimicrobial-resistance (ABR/ AMR) with escalating ramifications worldwide, precipitating a surge in human morbidity. The extensive administration of antibiotics across domains such as human healthcare settings, agriculture, and aquaculture farming endangers the presence of antibiotics in diverse matrices including…

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  Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India

  Award: BT/INF/22/SP45363/2022
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  Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India

  Award: SR/ FST/COLLEGE-/19/568