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Migration, Transformation and Removal of Macrolide Antibiotics in The Environment: A Review

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Macrolide antibiotics (MAs), as a typical emerging pollutant, are widely detected in environmental media. When entering the environment, MAs can interfere with the growth, development and reproduction of organisms, which has attracted extensive attention. However, there are few reviews on the occurrence characteristics, migration and transformation law, ecotoxicity and related removal technologies of MAs in the environment. In this work, combined with the existing relevant research, the migration and transformation law and ecotoxicity characteristics of MAs in the environment are summarized, and the removal mechanism of MAs is clarified. Currently, most studies on MAs are based on laboratory simulation experiments, and there are few studies on the migration and transformation mechanism between multiphase states. In addition, the cost of MAs removal technology is not satisfactory. Therefore, the following suggestions are put forward for the future research direction. The migration and transformation process of MAs between multiphase states (such as soil–water–sediment) should be focused on. Apart from exploring the new treatment technology of MAs, the upgrading and coupling of existing MAs removal technologies to meet emission standards and reduce costs should also be concerned. This review provides some theoretical basis and data support for understanding the occurrence characteristics, ecotoxicity and removal mechanism of MAs.

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This research was financially supported by the project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (51908305), Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Biotransformation of Organic Solid Waste (SERC2020C05), Open Fund of Innovation Institute for Sustainable Maritime Architecture Research and Technology (iSMART), Qingdao University of Technology (Nu. 2020–042), the project funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2019M660162) and the Shandong Postdoctoral Innovation Project (202001017).

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Yuan, Q., Sui, M., Qin, C. et al. Migration, Transformation and Removal of Macrolide Antibiotics in The Environment: A Review. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 26045–26062 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-18251-2

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