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Enormous quantities of antibiotics have been released into the environment from different sources, pathways, and anthropogenic activities. The overuse and misuse of antibiotics and its recalcitrant nature to biological degradation make them persistent or pseudo-persistent in the environment and toxic to non-target flora and fauna including human beings. Phytoremediation in the broad sense offers a powerful technology for the removal of various contaminants form environment. Besides, the phytoremediation technologies are less utilized for the removal of antibiotics from soil. Therefore, there is rapid need of exploration and exploitation of newer plants facilitating efficient removal/degradation of antibiotics from soil.
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Jagtap, U.B. (2017). Antibiotics in the Soil: Sources, Environmental Issues, and Bioremediation. In: Hashmi, M., Strezov, V., Varma, A. (eds) Antibiotics and Antibiotics Resistance Genes in Soils. Soil Biology, vol 51. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66260-2_20
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