Current status of microbes involved in the degradation of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) pollutants in the aquatic ecosystem. (1st May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Narayanan, Mathiyazhagan; El-sheekh, Mostafa; Ma, Ying; Pugazhendhi, Arivalagan; Natarajan, Devarajan; Kandasamy, Gajendiran; Raja, Rathinam; Saravana Kumar, R.M.; Kumarasamy, Suresh; Sathiyan, Govindasamy; Geetha, R.; Paulraj, Balaji; Liu, Guanglong; Kandasamy, Sabariswaran
• Is Part Of: Environmental pollution. Volume 300(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-05-01
• Subjects: Persistence pollutants -- PPCPs -- Microbes -- Degradation -- GMOs -- Aquatic systems; Pollution -- Periodicals; Pollution -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Environmental Pollution -- Periodicals; Pollution -- Périodiques; Pollution -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Périodiques; Pollution -- Effets physiologiques -- Périodiques; Pollution; Pollution -- Environmental aspects; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 363.73
• DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.118922
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0269-7491

Abstract

Abstract: Contamination of aquatic systems with pharmaceuticals, personal care products, steroid hormones, and agrochemicals has been an immense problem for the earth's ecosystem and health impacts. The environmental issues of well-known persistence pollutants, their metabolites, and other micro-pollutants in diverse aquatic systems around the world were collated and exposed in this review assessment. Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) influents and effluents, as well as industrial, hospital, and residential effluents, include detectable concentrations of known and undiscovered persistence pollutants and metabolites. These components have been found in surface water, groundwater, drinking water, and natural water reservoirs receiving treated and untreated effluents. Several studies have found that these persistence pollutants, and also similar recalcitrant pollutants, are hazardous to a variety of non-targeted creatures in the environment. In human and animals, they can also have severe and persistent harmful consequences. Because these pollutants are harmful to aquatic organisms, microbial degradation of these persistence pollutants had the least efficiency. Fortunately, only a few wild and Genetically Modified (GMOs) microbial species have the ability to degrade these PPCPs contaminants. Hence, researchers have been studying the degradation competence of microbial communities in persistence pollutants of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) and respective metabolites for decades, as well as possible degradation processes in various aquatic systems. As a result, this review provides comprehensive information about environmental issues and the degradation of PPCPs and their metabolites, as well as other micro-pollutants, in aquatic systems. Highlights: Mixed Pollutants (MP) of PPCPs & micro-pollutants in aquatic system. Current scenario & prospective state of MP & recalcitrant pollutants in India. Various microbes used to treat the MP & recalcitrant pollutants degradation. Brief information about metabolism of MP of PPCPs degradation. Possible sustainable approach to monitor & maintain the quality of water.