Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics and their Interactions in Agricultural Soils – A Review
<p class="orbitalabstract">Fluoroquinolones (FQs) are antibiotics widely used in human and veterinary medicine. The main sources of FQ contamination in agricultural soils result from the irrigation of fields with wastewater and the use of waste sludge and animal manure as fertilizer....
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doaj-4c6132fef3584ac7bcf8864c61ad77822021-07-07T19:22:39ZengUniversidade Federal de Mato Grosso do SulOrbital: The Electronic Journal of Chemistry1984-64282019-03-01111425210.17807/orbital.v11i1.1352539Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics and their Interactions in Agricultural Soils – A ReviewCláudio Ernesto Taveira Parente0Elcia Margareth Souza Brito1Antonio Azeredo2Rodrigo Ornellas Meire3Olaf Malm4Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroUniversidad de GuanajuatoUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro<p class="orbitalabstract">Fluoroquinolones (FQs) are antibiotics widely used in human and veterinary medicine. The main sources of FQ contamination in agricultural soils result from the irrigation of fields with wastewater and the use of waste sludge and animal manure as fertilizer. Due to their physicochemical properties, these chemicals exhibit strong sorption in soils, presenting low mobility, high persistence and, therefore, long-term biological action in this matrix. This review addresses their main physicochemical and biological interactions in soils, as well as their main biotic and abiotic degradation pathways. In addition, we highlight the possible impacts of FQs on organisms that play an important role in the maintenance of biogeochemical cycles such as soil microbiota, earthworms, and plants. Routes of exposure to human beings through food grown in contaminated soils, and possible exposure to resistant genes derived from microbiota-soil-antibiotic interactions are also discussed. This review emphasizes the need for establishing regulatory limits on FQ contamination sources through fertilization with human and husbandry waste in agriculture soils.</p><p class="orbitalabstract"> </p><p class="orbitalabstract">DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.17807/orbital.v11i1.1352">http://dx.doi.org/10.17807/orbital.v11i1.1352</a></p><br />http://orbital.ufms.br/index.php/Chemistry/article/view/1352fluoroquinolonesciprofloxacinenrofloxacinsoil microbiotaenvironmental impact |
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Cláudio Ernesto Taveira Parente Elcia Margareth Souza Brito Antonio Azeredo Rodrigo Ornellas Meire Olaf Malm Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics and their Interactions in Agricultural Soils – A Review Orbital: The Electronic Journal of Chemistry fluoroquinolones ciprofloxacin enrofloxacin soil microbiota environmental impact |
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Cláudio Ernesto Taveira Parente Elcia Margareth Souza Brito Antonio Azeredo Rodrigo Ornellas Meire Olaf Malm |
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Cláudio Ernesto Taveira Parente |
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Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics and their Interactions in Agricultural Soils – A Review |
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Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics and their Interactions in Agricultural Soils – A Review |
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Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics and their Interactions in Agricultural Soils – A Review |
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Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics and their Interactions in Agricultural Soils – A Review |
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Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics and their Interactions in Agricultural Soils – A Review |
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fluoroquinolone antibiotics and their interactions in agricultural soils – a review |
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Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul |
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Orbital: The Electronic Journal of Chemistry |
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<p class="orbitalabstract">Fluoroquinolones (FQs) are antibiotics widely used in human and veterinary medicine. The main sources of FQ contamination in agricultural soils result from the irrigation of fields with wastewater and the use of waste sludge and animal manure as fertilizer. Due to their physicochemical properties, these chemicals exhibit strong sorption in soils, presenting low mobility, high persistence and, therefore, long-term biological action in this matrix. This review addresses their main physicochemical and biological interactions in soils, as well as their main biotic and abiotic degradation pathways. In addition, we highlight the possible impacts of FQs on organisms that play an important role in the maintenance of biogeochemical cycles such as soil microbiota, earthworms, and plants. Routes of exposure to human beings through food grown in contaminated soils, and possible exposure to resistant genes derived from microbiota-soil-antibiotic interactions are also discussed. This review emphasizes the need for establishing regulatory limits on FQ contamination sources through fertilization with human and husbandry waste in agriculture soils.</p><p class="orbitalabstract"> </p><p class="orbitalabstract">DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.17807/orbital.v11i1.1352">http://dx.doi.org/10.17807/orbital.v11i1.1352</a></p><br /> |
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fluoroquinolones ciprofloxacin enrofloxacin soil microbiota environmental impact |
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