The Role of Antibiotics in Environmental Pollution

  • Sanjeev Kumar Jain

Abstract

Among the most effective medications used for human therapy are antibiotics. As they can challenge microbial communities, however, they must also be treated as essential contaminants. Antibiotics are commonly used for livestock farming and for agricultural uses, in addition to being used for human therapy. Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes that can contaminate natural environments can include residues from human environments and from farms. Selection of resistant bacteria is the clearest result of antibiotic release in natural ecosystems. At present, the same resistance genes found in therapeutic environments are spread to sterile environments without any evidence of antibiotic contamination. However, the impact of antibiotics on the biosphere is larger than that, and the composition and function of environmental micro biota may be influenced. Throughout the paper, we discuss the effect that antibiotic pollution or antibiotic resistance genes may have on human health as well as on the development of microbial species in the setting.

Published
2019-10-30
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Articles