THE ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF INDIGENOUS MICROORGANISMS FROM THE EFFLUENT COLLECTED PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
Abstract
Pharmaceutical effluents primarily enter aquatic environments by discharging treated and untreated wastewater from various sources, including hospitals, pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, and households. Microbes sourced from pharmaceutical effluents such as Streptococcus Spp. pose a significant public health concern because of their high levels of resistance to multiple drugs and extreme multidrug resistance. One pure isolate was obtained and characterized through cultural and biochemical tests. The physiochemical parameters revealed that the wastewater sample has a pH of 6.05, TDS of 397(Mg/l), turbidity (78.5), electrical conductivity (1101N/cm), BOD (599.5), and it also shows that the wastewater sample also has some heavy metals like Lead (Pb) of 0.085, Chromium (Cr) (0.198) and Cadmium (Cd) (0.178). The main way that treated and untreated wastewater from a variety of sources, including as homes, hospitals, and pharmaceutical manufacturing plants, enters aquatic habitats is through the discharge of pharmaceutical effluents
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