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ReviewBiodegradation2026

Advancements in microalgae-mediated technologies for antibiotic removal from wastewater: a review.

Neha Pathania, Swati Kumari, Kamlesh Thakur, Saurabh Kulshrestha, Rohit Khargotra

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Review in Biodegradation, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Neha PathaniaFaculty of Applied Science and Biotechnology, Shoolini University of Biotechnology & Management Sciences, Bajol-Solan, HP, 173212, India.
Swati KumariFaculty of Applied Science and Biotechnology, Shoolini University of Biotechnology & Management Sciences, Bajol-Solan, HP, 173212, India. swatibassi786@gmail.com.
Kamlesh ThakurFaculty of Applied Science and Biotechnology, Shoolini University of Biotechnology & Management Sciences, Bajol-Solan, HP, 173212, India.
Saurabh KulshresthaDean R&D, Bennett University, Plot No. 8-11, Tech Zone II, Greater Noida , Uttar Pradesh, 201310, India.
Rohit KhargotraEscuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Ctra. Pozuelo-Majadahonda Km 1.800, 28223, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain. rohit.khargotra@ufv.es.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of efficient systems for removing antibiotics from wastewater is being pushed by increase in antibiotic resistance brought on by the environmental discharge of antibiotics. Antibiotic were not completely eliminated using conventional technologies like activated sludge, constructed wetland systems and many other procedures. A viable alternative for treating wastewater through adsorption, accumulation, biodegradation, photodegradation, and hydrolysis has recently been investigated using microalgae-based technology. This review focuses on effects of antibiotics on microalgae, as well as the ways in which microalgae remove antibiotics and how they work with other technologies to do so, including photocatalysis, advanced oxidation, and complementary microorganism degradation. The physiochemical and operational parameters like pH, temperature, light intensity and many more which influence the elimination of antibiotics in the wastewater treatment system. Future research requirements, further opportunities, the limitations of the available microalgae-based technologies were also discussed.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsMicroalgaeWastewaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalWater PurificationBiodegradation, EnvironmentalWaste Disposal, FluidAnti-Bacterial AgentsWastewaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalAntibioticsMicroalgaePhotocataysisPhotodegradationWastewater treatment

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PMID41844945
PMCPMC12996005

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