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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 373, Issue -, Pages 122-130Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.03.072
Keywords
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria; Reactive oxygen species; Alginate beads; Multidrug-resistant bacteria; Zinc oxide nanoparticles
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the Office of Research and Development National Center for Environmental Research P3 Award Program
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Treating multidrug-resistant bacteria has been a challenging task, although the bacteria have been reported as a trace contaminant present in tap water. Given emerging issues on antibiotic-resistant bacteria, the present study investigated a novel treatment method in which ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) are encapsulated in an alginate biopolymer solution to explore primary antibacterial mechanisms. The antibacterial effects of this technology on two model antibiotic-resistant bacteria (Escherichia coli DH5-alpha and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) were found to be highly effective, with the removal rates of 98% and 88%, respectively, at the initial bacteria concentration of 10(8) CFU mL(-1) over 6 h. The inactivation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria by ZnO NP-alginate beads was improved by increasing the nanocomposite amount (4, 10, and 20 mg) and contact time. The primary mechanism involved the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The ZnO NP-alginate beads were demonstrated to be highly promising for different applications in water treatment, especially for point-of-use in the perspectives of reusability, antibacterial property of ZnO, immobilizing NPs, and utilizing high surface area of NPs, with a slight release of zinc ions.
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