Microbes found to degrade popular fish medication

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A team of researchers from Northwestern University has discovered microorganisms that eat the drug Chloroquine Phosphate. An anti-malarial drug for humans, Chloroquine has also been used as an anti-parasite treatment for fish since the 1970s and is widely used by public aquariums to rid new fish of parasites while being held in quarantine. The Shedd…
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