Advance in Ecological Toxicity of Antibiotics
FANG Yuanyuan
DING Huijun
Abstract：For a long time, a large number of antibiotics were used in the medical treatment, diseases prevention, and livestock breeding. Since antibiotics could not be completely absorbed by the body of humans and animals, their parent compounds or related metabolites would be discharged into the environment, causing their residue. However, the antibiotics which remain in aquatic or soil environment would bring ecological toxicity, what was worse, it may induce the production of resistance genes and arouse threat to human health. The paper describes the use of antibiotics and mainly analyzes the toxic effect of antibiotics, then the antibiotic resistance genes were discussed. Finally, it points out the problems existing in the present studies and prospects the future research.
Keywords：antibioticecological toxicityantibiotic resistance genes
Publication Date：2018-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：9( 102-110 )