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Promising approaches and kinetic prospects of the microbial degradation of pharmaceutical contaminants

S. Karishma, P.R. Yaashikaa, P. Senthil Kumar, R. Kamalesh, A. Saravanan, Gayathri Rangasamy

Environmental Science Advances · 2023 · 16 citations · 86 references

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Pharmaceutical pollutants, stemming from waste disposal, animal discharge, and drug manufacturing, pose health risks to humans and animals through their biological activity.

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