The pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) are emerging pollutants which
might pose potential hazards to environment and health. These pollutants are becoming …

Sex steroid hormones play important physiological roles in reproductive and
nonreproductive tissues, including immune cells. These hormones exert their functions by …

Although several abiotic processes have been reported that can transform antibiotics, little is
known about whether and how microbiological processes may degrade antibiotics in the …

Steroidal estrogens, widespread in the environment, are contaminants of potential concern
because exposure to these compounds can cause adverse impacts on aquatic life. Intensive …

It has been well recognized that interactions between the gut microbiota and host-
metabolism have a proven effect on health. The gut lumen is known for harboring different …

ABSTRACT Global-scale estrone (E1) contamination of soil and aquatic environments
results from the widespread use of animal manure as fertilizer, threatening both human …

Bacterial endophytes reside within the tissues of living plant species without causing any
harm or disease to their hosts. Bacterial endophytes have produced a variety of bioactive …

Abstract Environmental 17β-estradiol (E2) can cause potential harm to ecological balance
and human health. Novosphingobium sp. ES2–1 is an E2-degrading bacterium previously …

The gram negative bacterium Stenotrophomonas is rapidly evolving as a nosocomial
pathogen in immuno-compromised patients. Treatment of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia …

The common steroid hormones are estrone (E1), 17β-estradiol (E2), estriol (E3), 17α-
ethinylestradiol (EE2), and testosterone (T). These steroids are reported to contaminate the …