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SUBMITTER: Cheong MS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7460019 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cheong Mi Sun MS Seo Kyung Hye KH Chohra Hadjer H Yoon Young Eun YE Choe Hyeonji H Kantharaj Vimalraj V Lee Yong Bok YB
Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) 20200728 8
Veterinary antibiotics such as sulfonamides are widely used to increase feed efficiency and to protect against disease in livestock production. The sulfonamide antimicrobial mechanism involves the blocking of folate biosynthesis by inhibiting bacterial dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) activity competitively. Interestingly, most treatment antibiotics can be released into the environment via manure and result in significant diffuse pollution in the environment. However, the physiological effects of ...[more]