Contents1. Antibiotics Producing Soil MicroorganismsNiharika Chandra, Sunil Kumar2. Antibiotics Resistance Genes Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi, 3. A review on antibiotics consumption, physio-chemical properties and their sources in Asian soil SijaArun, Moitraiyee Mukhopadhyay, Paromita Chakraborty4. Entry Routes of Veterinary Antibiotics in the EnvironmentReep P. Tasho* and Jae Young Cho5. Monitoring of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in AgroecosystemsSarfraz Ahmed, Muhammad Ibrahim, RabiaKhushi Muhammad, IqraNaseem, RubbeaIdrees, Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi, Ateequr Rehman6. Role of Antibiotics in Climate ChangeRida Akram, Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi, Wajid Nasim 7. Potential dissemination of ARB and ARG into soil through the use of treated wastewater for agricultural irrigation -is it a true cause for concern?Nada Al-Jassim, Pei-Ying Hong8. Antibiotic Resistance Gene Due to Manure ApplicationSrujanaKathi9. Antibiotics and Antibiotics Resistance Genes dissemination in soils Eddie Cytryn, Zdzislaw Markiewicz, Magdalena Popowska10. Dissemination Mechanism of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in EnvironmentManoj Kumar, Ram Prasad, Shivesh Sharma, Ajit Varma, Vivek Kumar11. Fate of Antibiotics in SoilRida Akram, Asad Amin, Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi, Abdul Wahid, Muhammad Mubeen, Hafiz Mohkum Hammad, Shah Fahad, Wajid Nasim 12. Uptake of Antibiotics by PlantsSandra A. Youssef and Isam I. Bashour 13. Recent advances in methods for the detection of antibiotics and antibiotics resistance genes in soilHussani Mubarak, Nosheen Mirza, Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi14. Elucidation of emerging nanomaterialsimpacts on antibiotic resistance against soil and aquatic microfloraToqeer Ahmed 15. The Effects of Antibiotics on the Structure, Diversity and Function of a Soil Microbial CommunityAnna Piotrowska-Dlugosz16. Soil antibiotics and transfer of antibiotic resistance genes affecting wildlifeVanessa Silva, Isabel Carvalho, Gilberto Igrejas, and Patrícia Poeta17. Genotoxicity and Biochemical Toxicity of Soil Antibiotics to EarthwormsSarfraz Ahmed, Muhammad Ibrahim, Rashem Waheed, Abu Bakar Hassan Azdee, Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi, Shabir Ahmed18. Potential Environmental, Ecological and Health Effects of Soil Antibiotics and ARGsBiljana Balabanova19. Risk Assessment of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistant Genes (ARGs) in soilKhushbu Salian and Vladimir Strezov20. Antibiotics in the soil: sources, environmental issues and bioremediation Umesh B Jagtap21. Management and Regulation of Antibiotics and Antibiotics Resistance Genes in SoilsMuhammad Zaffar Hashmi

About the Author:

Prof. Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi

Dr. Hashmi is Assistant Professor at the Department of Meteorology, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan. He completed his PhD in Environmental Engineering at the Zhejiang University, China. Dr. Hashmi research focused on Bioremediation of contaminated soil and cell toxicology. His book: Xenobiotics in the Soil Environment published in Springer has been used at innumerable colleges, universities and research institutions all over the world.

Prof. Vladimir Strezov

Prof Strezov is Professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Australia. He completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Prof Strezov leads a research team who work on a range of topics that deal with reduction of environmental pollution of industrial activities. Prof Strezov is a Fellow of Engineers Australia, serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Cleaner Production and is an editorial board on a number of journals and relevant conferences.

Prof. Ajit Varma

Ajit Varma (M.Sc., Ph.D.) was professor of microbial technology at the School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, before he became Director of the AMITY Institute of Herbal & Microbial Research in 2004.

Professor Varma has won a large number of coveted national and international awards for his scientific contributions and was elected Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences of India. He has lectured on various aspects of microbial sciences worldwide and has been honored for his excellence in teaching at esteemed universities.

His first two books, dealing with mycorrhizal research, were published in 1991-1992 by Academic Press (UK) and have been used at innumerable colleges, universities and research institutions all over the world. Since then, he has compiled 18 books produced by leading and prestigious scientific publishing houses.