Glyphosate Pollution Treatment and Microbial Degradation Alternatives, a Review
Glyphosate is a broad-spectrum herbicide extensively used worldwide to eliminate weeds in agricultural areas. Since its market introduction in the 70’s, the levels of glyphosate agricultural use have increased, mainly due to the introduction of glyphosate-resistant transgenic crops in the 90’s. Glyp...
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author | Castrejón-Godínez, María Luisa Tovar-Sánchez, Efraín Valencia-Cuevas, Leticia Rosas-Ramírez, Marcos Eduardo Rodríguez, Alexis Mussali-Galante, Patricia |
author_facet | Castrejón-Godínez, María Luisa Tovar-Sánchez, Efraín Valencia-Cuevas, Leticia Rosas-Ramírez, Marcos Eduardo Rodríguez, Alexis Mussali-Galante, Patricia |
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description | Glyphosate is a broad-spectrum herbicide extensively used worldwide to eliminate weeds in agricultural areas. Since its market introduction in the 70’s, the levels of glyphosate agricultural use have increased, mainly due to the introduction of glyphosate-resistant transgenic crops in the 90’s. Glyphosate presence in the environment causes pollution, and recent findings have proposed that glyphosate exposure causes adverse effects in different organisms, including humans. In 2015, glyphosate was classified as a probable carcinogen chemical, and several other human health effects have been documented since. Environmental pollution and human health threats derived from glyphosate intensive use require the development of alternatives for its elimination and proper treatment. Bioremediation has been proposed as a suitable alternative for the treatment of glyphosate-related pollution, and several microorganisms have great potential for the biodegradation of this herbicide. The present review highlights the environmental and human health impacts related to glyphosate pollution, the proposed alternatives for its elimination through physicochemical and biological approaches, and recent studies related to glyphosate biodegradation by bacteria and fungi are also reviewed. Microbial remediation strategies have great potential for glyphosate elimination, however, additional studies are needed to characterize the mechanisms employed by the microorganisms to counteract the adverse effects generated by the glyphosate exposure. |
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spelling | pubmed-86257832021-11-27 Glyphosate Pollution Treatment and Microbial Degradation Alternatives, a Review Castrejón-Godínez, María Luisa Tovar-Sánchez, Efraín Valencia-Cuevas, Leticia Rosas-Ramírez, Marcos Eduardo Rodríguez, Alexis Mussali-Galante, Patricia Microorganisms Review Glyphosate is a broad-spectrum herbicide extensively used worldwide to eliminate weeds in agricultural areas. Since its market introduction in the 70’s, the levels of glyphosate agricultural use have increased, mainly due to the introduction of glyphosate-resistant transgenic crops in the 90’s. Glyphosate presence in the environment causes pollution, and recent findings have proposed that glyphosate exposure causes adverse effects in different organisms, including humans. In 2015, glyphosate was classified as a probable carcinogen chemical, and several other human health effects have been documented since. Environmental pollution and human health threats derived from glyphosate intensive use require the development of alternatives for its elimination and proper treatment. Bioremediation has been proposed as a suitable alternative for the treatment of glyphosate-related pollution, and several microorganisms have great potential for the biodegradation of this herbicide. The present review highlights the environmental and human health impacts related to glyphosate pollution, the proposed alternatives for its elimination through physicochemical and biological approaches, and recent studies related to glyphosate biodegradation by bacteria and fungi are also reviewed. Microbial remediation strategies have great potential for glyphosate elimination, however, additional studies are needed to characterize the mechanisms employed by the microorganisms to counteract the adverse effects generated by the glyphosate exposure. MDPI 2021-11-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8625783/ /pubmed/34835448 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9112322 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Castrejón-Godínez, María Luisa Tovar-Sánchez, Efraín Valencia-Cuevas, Leticia Rosas-Ramírez, Marcos Eduardo Rodríguez, Alexis Mussali-Galante, Patricia Glyphosate Pollution Treatment and Microbial Degradation Alternatives, a Review |
title | Glyphosate Pollution Treatment and Microbial Degradation Alternatives, a Review |
title_full | Glyphosate Pollution Treatment and Microbial Degradation Alternatives, a Review |
title_fullStr | Glyphosate Pollution Treatment and Microbial Degradation Alternatives, a Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Glyphosate Pollution Treatment and Microbial Degradation Alternatives, a Review |
title_short | Glyphosate Pollution Treatment and Microbial Degradation Alternatives, a Review |
title_sort | glyphosate pollution treatment and microbial degradation alternatives, a review |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8625783/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34835448 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9112322 |
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