Table 3
Studies involving plants and their associated bacteria for the removal and metabolism of pharmaceuticals
Plant species
Compound
Type of
bacteria
Bacteria
Comments
Reference
Coffea Arabica,
Coffea robusta
Caffeine
Endophytic
Bacillus lentimorbus, Bacillus
megaterium, Bacillus subtilis,
Bacillus cereus, Pseudomonas
putida,
Pseudomonas
chlororaphis, Pantoea ananatis,
Pantoea agglomérons,
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia,
Kluyvera cryocrescens, Kocuria
kristinae
Isolation
In vitro degradation
[113]
Phalaris
arundinacea
Diclofenac, sulfamethoxazole Endophytic
Variovorax boronicumulans,
Bacillus wiedmannii,
Microbacterium
flavescens,
Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Isolation
[114]
Juncus acutus
Bisphenol-A, sulfamethoxazole, ciprofloxacine
Endophytic,
roots and
leaves
Sphingomonas
sp. U33 (leaf),
Bacillus
sp. R12 (root),
Ochrobactrum
sp. R24 (root)
Bioaugmentation study using
Juncus acutus
[115]
Phragmites australis
Carbamazepine
Endophytic
Chryseobacterium taeanense,
Pseudomonas moorei,
Diaphorobacter nitroreducens,
Achromobacter mucicolens,
Rhizobium radiobacter, Rhizobium
daejeonense
Isolation, removal in liquid
cultures
[116]
Phragmites australis
Carbamazepine
Endophytic
Diaphorobacter nitroreducens,
Rhizobium radiobacter
Inoculation of Armoracia
rusticana
hairy roots and degradation in vitro metabolites
identified
[29]
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