Table 13.1
Degradation of pharmaceuticals by selected bacterial strains
Compound
Matrices
Country
Bacteria species
Type/mechanism of
degradation
Removal
of drug
(%)
References
Ibuprofen
Wastewater
treatment system
of hospital
Netherlands Undefined
Aerobic and
anaerobic batch
experiments
100
Langenhoff et
al. (2013)
Sewage sludge
USA
Variovorax Ibu-1
Metabolic
degradation
–
Murdoch and
Hay (2015)
Soil
Poland
Bacillus thuringiensis
Co-metabolism
46.56
Marchlewicz et
al. (2016)
Cefalexin
Sewage treatment
plant
Hong Kong Pseudomonas
sp. CE21, CE22
Batch reactor
experiments
46.7
90
Lin et al.
(2015)
Naproxen
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia KB2
Metabolic
degradation
78
Wojcieszyńska
et al. (2014)
Diclofenac
Procured from
market
Portugal
Labrys portucalensis F11
Batch reactor
experiments, cometabolism
100
Moreira et al.
(2018)
Iopromide
Wastewater
treatment plant
China
Pseudomonas
sp.
Co-metabolism
88.24
Xu et al. (2014)
Sulfamethoxazole Wastewater
treatment plant
Spain
Ammonia oxidizing bacteria
Batch reactor
experiments
86–98
Kassotaki et al.
(2016)
Estrone (E1) and
17β-estradiol
(E2)
Activated sludge
China
Sphingomonas
sp.
Bacterial cell
immobilization
technique
87–94
Ma et al. (2016)
Enrofloxacin and
ceftiofur
Procured from
market
Portugal
Achromobacter, Variovorax,
and
Stenotrophomonas
genera) and
Bacteroidetes (e.g., Dysgonomonas,
Flavobacterium
and Chryseobacterium
genera)
Batch reactor
experiments
40–55
Alexandrino et
al. (2017)
280
K. Sharma and G. Kaushik
Degradation of pharmaceuticals by selected bacterial strains
Compound
Matrices
Country
Bacteria species
Type/mechanism of
degradation
Removal
of drug
(%)
References
Ibuprofen
Wastewater
treatment system
of hospital
Netherlands Undefined
Aerobic and
anaerobic batch
experiments
100
Langenhoff et
al. (2013)
Sewage sludge
USA
Variovorax Ibu-1
Metabolic
degradation
–
Murdoch and
Hay (2015)
Soil
Poland
Bacillus thuringiensis
Co-metabolism
46.56
Marchlewicz et
al. (2016)
Cefalexin
Sewage treatment
plant
Hong Kong Pseudomonas
sp. CE21, CE22
Batch reactor
experiments
46.7
90
Lin et al.
(2015)
Naproxen
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia KB2
Metabolic
degradation
78
Wojcieszyńska
et al. (2014)
Diclofenac
Procured from
market
Portugal
Labrys portucalensis F11
Batch reactor
experiments, cometabolism
100
Moreira et al.
(2018)
Iopromide
Wastewater
treatment plant
China
Pseudomonas
sp.
Co-metabolism
88.24
Xu et al. (2014)
Sulfamethoxazole Wastewater
treatment plant
Spain
Ammonia oxidizing bacteria
Batch reactor
experiments
86–98
Kassotaki et al.
(2016)
Estrone (E1) and
17β-estradiol
(E2)
Activated sludge
China
Sphingomonas
sp.
Bacterial cell
immobilization
technique
87–94
Ma et al. (2016)
Enrofloxacin and
ceftiofur
Procured from
market
Portugal
Achromobacter, Variovorax,
and
Stenotrophomonas
genera) and
Bacteroidetes (e.g., Dysgonomonas,
Flavobacterium
and Chryseobacterium
genera)
Batch reactor
experiments
40–55
Alexandrino et
al. (2017)
280
K. Sharma and G. Kaushik