Antibiotics biodegradation during nitrification: a novel approach to reduce antibiotics load to water environment from nitrogen enriched wastewater

Antibiotics biodegradation during nitrification: a novel approach to reduce antibiotics load to water environment from nitrogen enriched wastewaterLiterature broadly documents that antibiotics are present in surface water and are being removed to very different extend by biological sewage treatment systems. In this study biodegradation capability of five antibiotics clarithromycin, enrofloxacin, sulfamerazine, sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim by nitrifying activated sludge were investigated. Nitrifying activated sludge was capable to...Author(s)Gopal Chandra GhoshTakashi OkudaNaoyuki YamashitaHiroaki TanakaSourceProceedings of the Water Environment FederationSubjectSession 101: Microconstituent Interactions in Biological ProcessesDocument typeConference PaperPublisherWater Environment FederationPrint publication date Jan, 2008ISSN1938-6478SICI1938-6478(20080101)2008:7L.7494;1-DOI10.2175/193864708788808726Volume / Issue2008 / 7Content sourceWEFTECFirst / last page(s)7494 - 7507Copyright2008Word count154