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Suyamud B, Lohwacharin J, Ngamratanapaiboon S. Effect of dissolved organic matter on bacterial regrowth and response after ultraviolet disinfection. Sci Total Environ 2024; 926:171864. [PMID: 38521274 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Revised: 03/18/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/25/2024]
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The effect of dissolved organic matter (DOM) on bacterial regrowth in water after disinfection using ultraviolet (UV) light emitting diodes (UVLEDs) is still unclear. Herein, the regrowth and responses of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Bacillus cereus were investigated after being exposed to UVLEDs at combined wavelengths (265 and 280 nm) in a phosphate-buffered saline consisting of Suwannee River natural organic matter (SRNOM) and Suwannee River fulvic acid (SRFA). Low-molecular-weight (MW) organic compounds, which may form into intermediary photoproducts, and indicate bacterial repair metabolism, were characterized through non-target screening using orbitrap mass spectrometry. This study demonstrates the ability of the UVLEDs-inactivated cells to regrow. After UV exposure, a considerable upregulation of RecA was observed in two strains. With increasing the incubation time, the expression levels of RecA in V. parahaemolyticus increased, which may be attributed to the dark repair mechanism. Coexisting anionic DOM affects both the disinfection and bacterial regrowth processes. The time required for bacterial regrowth after UV exposure reflects the time needed for the individual cells to reactivate, and it differs in the presence or absence of DOM. In the presence of DOM, the cells were less damaged and required less time to grow. The UVLEDs exposure results in the occurrence of low-MW organic compounds, including carnitine or acryl-carnitine with N-acetylmuramic acid, which are associated with bacterial repair metabolism. Overall, the results of this study expand the understanding of the effects of water matrices on bacterial health risks. This can aid in the development of more effective strategies for water disinfection.
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- Bongkotrat Suyamud
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, 254 Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, 254 Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; Professor Aroon Sorathesn Center of Excellence in Environmental Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
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- Division of Pharmacology, Department of Basic Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University, Dusit, Bangkok 10300, Thailand
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Adeel M, Granata V, Carapella G, Rizzo L. Effect of microplastics on urban wastewater disinfection and impact on effluent reuse: Sunlight/H 2O 2 vs solar photo-Fenton at neutral pH. J Hazard Mater 2024; 465:133102. [PMID: 38070270 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.133102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/25/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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The interference of three types of microplastics (MPs) on the inactivation of Escherichia coli (E. coli) by advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) (namely, sunlight/H2O2 and solar photo-Fenton (SPF) with Ethylenediamine-N,N'-disuccinic acid (EDDS)), in real secondary treated urban wastewater was investigated for the first time. Inactivation by sunlight/H2O2 treatment decreased as MPs concentration and H2O2 dose were increased. Noteworthy, an opposite behaviour was observed for SPF process where inactivation increased as MPs concentration was increased. Biofilm formation and microbial attachment on surfaces of post-treated MPs were observed on polyethylene (PE) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) MPs by field emission scanning electron microscopy. In presence of PE MPs, a complete inactivation of E. Coli was achieved by SPF with EDDS (Fe:EDDS = 1:2) after 90 min treatment unlike of sunlight/H2O2 treatment (∼4.0 log reduction, 40 mg/L H2O2 dose, 90 min treatment). The lower efficiency of sunlight/H2O2 process could be attributed to the blocking/scattering effect of MPs on sunlight, which finally reduced the intracellular photo Fenton effect. A reduced E. coli regrowth was observed in presence of MPs. SPF (Fe:EDDS = 1:1) with PE MPs was less effective in controlling bacterial regrowth (∼120 CFU/100 mL) than sunlight/H2O2 (∼10 CFU/100 mL) after 48 h of post-treatment. These results provide useful information about possible interference of MPs on urban wastewater disinfection by solar driven AOPs and possible implications for effluent reuse.
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- Mister Adeel
- Water Science and Technology (WaSTe) Group, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Department of Physics "E.R. Caianiello", University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Department of Physics "E.R. Caianiello", University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Water Science and Technology (WaSTe) Group, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy.
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La Manna P, De Carluccio M, Oliva G, Vigliotta G, Rizzo L. Urban wastewater disinfection by iron chelates mediated solar photo-Fenton: Effects on seven pathogens and antibiotic resistance transfer potential. Water Res 2024; 249:120966. [PMID: 38070340 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2023] [Revised: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 12/01/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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The effects of solar photo-Fenton (SPF) process mediated by the iron chelate Fe3+ imminodisuccinic acid (Fe:IDS) on both the inactivation of seven relevant pathogens and the potential for antibiotic resistance transfer (degradation of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and after treatment regrowth), in real secondary treated urban wastewater, were investigated for the first time. A comparison with results obtained by sunlight/H2O2 process and Fe3+ ethylenediaminedisuccinic acid (Fe:EDDS) SPF was also carried out. ARGs were quantified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in samples before and after (3 h) the treatment. The persistence of the selected pathogens and ARGs was also evaluated in regrowth tests (72 h) under environmentally mimicking conditions. Fe:IDS SPF resulted to be more effective (from 1.4 log removal for Staphylococcus spp. to 4.3 log removal for Escherichia coli) than Fe:EDDS SPF (from 0.8 log removal for Pseudomonas aeruginosa to 2.0 log removal for Total coliphages) and sunlight/H2O2 (from 1.2 log removal for Clostridium perfringens to 3.3 log removal for E. coli) processes for the seven pathogens investigated. Potential pathogens regrowth was also severely affected, as no substantial regrowth was observed, both in presence and absence of catalase. A similar trend was observed for ARGs removal too (until 0.001 fold change expression for qnrS after 3 h). However, a poor effect and a slight increase in fold change was observed after treatment especially for gyrA, mefA and intl1. Overall, the effect of the investigated processes on ARGs was found to be ARG dependent. Noteworthy, coliphages can regrow after sunlight/H2O2 treatment unlike SPF processes, increasing the risk of antibiotic resistance transfer by transduction mechanism. In conclusion, Fe:IDS SPF is an attractive solution for tertiary treatment of urban wastewater in small wastewater treatment plants as it can provide effective disinfection and a higher protection against antibiotic resistance transfer than the other investigated processes.
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- Pellegrino La Manna
- Water Science and Technology group (WaSTe), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Water Science and Technology group (WaSTe), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Water Science and Technology group (WaSTe), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy.
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Reynaert E, Steiner P, Yu Q, D'Olif L, Joller N, Schneider MY, Morgenroth E. Predicting microbial water quality in on-site water reuse systems with online sensors. Water Res 2023; 240:120075. [PMID: 37263119 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Widespread implementation of on-site water reuse is hindered by the limited availability of monitoring approaches that ensure microbial quality during operation. In this study, we developed a methodology for monitoring microbial water quality in on-site water reuse systems using inexpensive and commercially available online sensors. An extensive dataset containing sensor and microbial water quality data for six of the most critical types of disruptions in membrane bioreactors with chlorination was collected. We then tested the ability of three typological machine learning algorithms - logistic regression, support-vector machine, and random forest - to predict the microbial water quality as "safe" or "unsafe" for reuse. The main criteria for model optimization was to ensure a low false positive rate (FPR) - the percentage of safe predictions when the actual condition is unsafe - which is essential to protect users health. This resulted in enforcing a fixed FPR ≤ 2%. Maximizing the true positive rate (TPR) - the percentage of safe predictions when the actual condition is safe - was given second priority. Our results show that logistic-regression-based models using only two out of the six sensors (free chlorine and oxidation-reduction potential) achieved the highest TPR. Including sensor slopes as engineered features allowed to reach similar TPRs using only one sensor instead of two. Analysis of the occurrence of false predictions showed that these were mostly early alarms, a characteristic that could be regarded as an asset in alarm management. In conclusion, the simplest algorithm in combination with only one or two sensors performed best at predicting the microbial water quality. This result provides useful insights for water quality modeling or for applications where small datasets are a common challenge and a general advantage might be gained by using simpler models that reduce the risk of overfitting, allow better interpretability, and require less computational power.
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- Eva Reynaert
- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland; ETH Zürich, Institute of Environmental Engineering, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Section of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland; ETH Zürich, Institute of Environmental Engineering, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland; ETH Zürich, Institute of Environmental Engineering, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- The University of Tokyo, Next Generation Artificial Intelligence Research Center & School of Information Science and Technology, 113-8656 Tokyo, Japan.
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- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland; ETH Zürich, Institute of Environmental Engineering, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Reynaert E, Gretener F, Julian TR, Morgenroth E. Sensor setpoints that ensure compliance with microbial water quality targets for membrane bioreactor and chlorination treatment in on-site water reuse systems. Water Res X 2023; 18:100164. [PMID: 37250292 PMCID: PMC10214293 DOI: 10.1016/j.wroa.2022.100164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/25/2022] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Widespread implementation of on-site water reuse systems is hindered by the limited ability to ensure the level of treatment and protection of human health during operation. In this study, we tested the ability of five commercially available online sensors (free chlorine (FC), oxidation-reduction potential (ORP), pH, turbidity, UV absorbance at 254 nm) to predict the microbial water quality in membrane bioreactors followed by chlorination using logistic regression-based and mechanism-based models. The microbial water quality was assessed in terms of removal of enteric bacteria from the wastewater, removal of enteric viruses, and regrowth of bacteria in the treated water. We found that FC and ORP alone could predict the microbial water quality well, with ORP-based models generally performing better. We further observed that prediction accuracy did not increase when data from multiple sensors were integrated. We propose a methodology to link online sensor measurements to risk-based water quality targets, providing operation setpoints protective of human health for specific combinations of wastewaters and reuse applications. For instance, we recommend a minimum ORP of 705 mV to ensure a virus log-removal of 5, and an ORP of 765 mV for a log-removal of 6. These setpoints were selected to ensure that the percentage of events where the water is predicted to meet the quality target but it does not remains below 5%. Such a systematic approach to set sensor setpoints could be used in the development of water reuse guidelines and regulations that aim to cover a range of reuse applications with differential risks to human health.
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- Eva Reynaert
- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
- ETH Zürich, Institute of Environmental Engineering, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
- ETH Zürich, Institute of Environmental Engineering, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, 4055 Basel, Switzerland
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- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
- ETH Zürich, Institute of Environmental Engineering, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Farhat N, Kim L, Mineta K, Alarawi M, Gojobori T, Saikaly P, Vrouwenvelder J. Seawater desalination based drinking water: Microbial characterization during distribution with and without residual chlorine. Water Res 2022; 210:117975. [PMID: 34952456 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 12/12/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Monitoring the changes that occur to water during distribution is vital to ensure water safety. In this study, the biological stability of reverse osmosis (RO) produced drinking water, characterized by low cell concentration and low assimilable organic carbon, in combination with chlorine disinfection was investigated. Water quality at several locations throughout the existing distribution network was monitored to investigate whether microbial water quality changes can be identified. Results revealed that the water leaving the plant had an average bacterial cell concentration of 103 cells/mL. A 0.5-1.5 log increase in bacterial cell concentration was observed at locations in the network. The residual disinfectant was largely dissipated in the network from 0.5 mg/L at the treatment plant to less than 0.1 mg/L in the network locations. The simulative study involving miniature distribution networks, mimicking the dynamics of a distribution network, fed with the RO produced chlorinated and non-chlorinated drinking water revealed that distributing RO produced water without residual disinfection, especially at high water temperatures (25-30 °C), poses a higher chance for water quality change. Within six months of operation of the miniature network fed with unchlorinated RO produced water, the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and total cell concentration (TCC) in the pipe biofilm were 4 × 102 pg ATP/cm2 and 1 × 107 cells/ cm2. The low bacterial cell concentration and organic carbon concentration in the RO-produced water did not prevent biofilm development inside the network with and without residual chlorine. The bacterial community analysis using 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequencing revealed that mesophilic bacteria with higher temperature tolerance and bacteria associated with oligotrophic, nutrient-poor conditions dominated the biofilm, with no indication of the existence of opportunistic pathogenic species. However, chlorination selected against most bacterial groups and the bacterial community that remained was mainly the bacteria capable of surviving disinfection regimes. Biofilms that developed in the presence of chlorine contained species classified as opportunistic pathogens. These biofilms have an impact on shaping the water quality received at the consumer tap. The presence of these bacteria on its own is not a health risk indicator; viability assessment and qPCRs targeting genes specific to the opportunistic pathogens as well as quantitative microbiological risk assessment (QMRA) should be included to assess the risk. The results from this study highlight the importance of implementing multiple barriers to ensure water safety. Changes in water quality detected even when high-quality disinfected RO-produced water is distributed highlight microbiological challenges that chlorinated systems endure, especially at high water temperatures.
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- Nadia Farhat
- Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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- Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), Division of Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), Division of Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), Division of Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia; Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia; Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, Delft 2629 HZ, Netherlands
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Di Cesare A, De Carluccio M, Eckert EM, Fontaneto D, Fiorentino A, Corno G, Prete P, Cucciniello R, Proto A, Rizzo L. Combination of flow cytometry and molecular analysis to monitor the effect of UVC/H 2O 2 vs UVC/H 2O 2/Cu-IDS processes on pathogens and antibiotic resistant genes in secondary wastewater effluents. Water Res 2020; 184:116194. [PMID: 32711221 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Revised: 06/27/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The efficiency of a new Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP), namely the photo Fenton like process UV-C/H2O2/IDS-Cu, in removing determinants of antibiotic resistance and pathogenic bacteria was compared to a consolidated AOP (namely UV-C/H2O2) in a secondary treated municipal WasteWater (WW). A reductionist experimental laboratory-based approach was applied on real WW and the parameters were collected by an alternative integrated approach using (i) flow cytometry to enumerate bacteria and test for the fitness of the bacterial communities and (ii) molecular analyses to define the community composition (16S rRNA amplicon sequencing) and the abundances of Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARGs) and of the class 1 integron (intI1 gene) (by quantitative PCR). The same approach was applied also to post-treatment regrowth tests (24 h) to define the potential persistence of the tested parameters. These experiments were performed in both, human pathogens favorable conditions (HPC, in rich medium and 37°C) and in environmental mimicking conditions (EMC, original WW and 20°C). UV-C/H2O2/IDS-Cu process resulted to be more effective than the UV-C/H2O2in inactivating bacterial cells in the EMC post-treatment regrowth experiments. Both AOPs were efficiently abating potential human pathogenic bacteria and ARGs in the HPC regrowth experiments, although this trend could not be detected in the measurements taken immediately after the disinfection. In comparison with the UV-C/H2O2, the UV-C/H2O2/IDS-Cu process did not apparently offer significant improvements in the abatement of the tested parameters in the WW effluent but, by evaluating the results of the regrowth experiments it was possible to extrapolate more complex trends, suggesting contrasting efficiencies visible only after a few hours. This study offers a detailed view on the abatement efficiency of microbiological/genetic parameters for the UV-C/H2O2/IDS-Cu process, calling for technical adjustments for this very promising technology. At the same time, our results clearly demonstrated the inadequacy of currently applied methodologies in the evaluation of specific parameters (e.g. determinants of antibiotic resistance and pathogenic bacteria) in WW.
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- Andrea Di Cesare
- Molecular Ecology Group, National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Ecosystem Study, Largo Tonolli 50, 28922, Verbania, Italy
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- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084, Fisciano (SA), Italy
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- Molecular Ecology Group, National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Ecosystem Study, Largo Tonolli 50, 28922, Verbania, Italy
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- Molecular Ecology Group, National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Ecosystem Study, Largo Tonolli 50, 28922, Verbania, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology "Adolfo Zambelli", University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084, Fisciano (SA), Italy
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- Molecular Ecology Group, National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Ecosystem Study, Largo Tonolli 50, 28922, Verbania, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology "Adolfo Zambelli", University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084, Fisciano (SA), Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology "Adolfo Zambelli", University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084, Fisciano (SA), Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology "Adolfo Zambelli", University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084, Fisciano (SA), Italy
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- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084, Fisciano (SA), Italy.
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Grehs BWN, Lopes AR, Moreira NFF, Fernandes T, Linton MAO, Silva AMT, Manaia CM, Carissimi E, Nunes OC. Removal of microorganisms and antibiotic resistance genes from treated urban wastewater: A comparison between aluminium sulphate and tannin coagulants. Water Res 2019; 166:115056. [PMID: 31520811 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.115056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Revised: 09/02/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The presence of antibiotic resistant-bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) in treated effluents of urban wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) may represent a threat to the environment and public health. Therefore, cost-effective technologies contributing to minimize loads of these contaminants in the final effluents of WWTP are required. This study aimed at assessing the capacity of coagulation to reduce the ARB&ARG load in secondary treated urban wastewater (STWW), as well as the impact of the process on the structure and diversity of the bacterial community. Coagulation performance using aluminium sulphate, a synthetic substance, and tannins, a biowaste, was compared. Samples were analysed immediately before (STWW) and after the coagulation treatment (Alu, Tan), as well as after 3-days storage in the dark at room temperature (RSTWW, RAlu, RTan), to assess possible reactivation events. Both coagulants decreased the turbidity and colour and reduced the bacterial load (16S rRNA gene copy number, total heterotrophs (HET), and ARB (faecal coliforms resistant to amoxicillin (FC/AMX) or ciprofloxacin (FC/CIP) up to 1-2 log immediately after the treatment. Both coagulants reduced the load of intl1, but in average, aluminium sulphate was able to decrease the content of the analysed ARGs (blaTEM and qnrS) to lower levels than tannin. Reactivation after storage was observed mainly in RTan. In these samples the load of the culturable populations and qnrS gene prevalence increased, sometimes to values higher than those found in the initial wastewater. Reactivation was also characterized by an increment in Gammaproteobacteria relative abundance in the bacterial community, although with distinct patterns for RTan and RAlu. Curvibacter, Undibacterium and Aquaspirillum were among the most abundant genera in RAlu and Aeromonas, Pseudomonas and Stenotrophomonas in RTan. These bacterial community shifts were in agreement with the variations in the culturable bacterial counts of HET for RTan and FC/CIP for RAlu. In summary, the overall performance of aluminium sulphate was better than that of tannins in the treatment of treated urban wastewater.
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- Bárbara W N Grehs
- Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Av. Roraima 1000, CT Lab, Santa Maria, RS, 97105-900, Brazil
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- LEPABE - Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal
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- LEPABE - Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal; Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Engineering - Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials (LSRE-LCM), Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal
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- Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Rua de Diogo Botelho, 13274169-005, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Engineering - Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials (LSRE-LCM), Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal
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- Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Rua de Diogo Botelho, 13274169-005, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Av. Roraima 1000, CT Lab, Santa Maria, RS, 97105-900, Brazil.
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- LEPABE - Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal.
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Zhang C, Brown PJB, Miles RJ, White TA, Grant DG, Stalla D, Hu Z. Inhibition of regrowth of planktonic and biofilm bacteria after peracetic acid disinfection. Water Res 2019; 149:640-649. [PMID: 30594003 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.10.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2018] [Revised: 10/17/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Peracetic acid (PAA) is a promising alternative to chlorine for disinfection; however, bacterial regrowth after PAA disinfection is poorly understood. This study compared the regrowth of bacteria (Gram-negative Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 and Gram-positive Bacillus sp.) after disinfection with PAA or free chlorine. In the absence of organic matter, PAA and free chlorine prevented the regrowth of planktonic cells of P. aeruginosa PAO1 at C·t (= disinfectant concentration × contact time) doses of (28.5 ± 9.8) mg PAA·min·L-1 and (22.5 ± 10.6) mg Cl2·min·L-1, respectively, suggesting that they had comparable efficiencies in preventing the regrowth of planktonic bacteria. For comparison, the minimum C·t doses of PAA and free chlorine to prevent the regrowth of P. aeruginosa PAO1 biofilm cells in the absence of organic matter were (14,000 ± 1,732) mg PAA·min·L-1 and (6,500 ± 2,291) mg Cl2·min·L-1, respectively. PAA was less effective than free chlorine in killing bacteria within biofilms in the absence of organic matter most likely because PAA reacts with biofilm matrix constituents slower than free chlorine. In the presence of organic matter, although the bactericidal efficiencies of both disinfectants significantly decreased, PAA was less affected due to its slower reaction with organic matter and/or slower self-decomposition. For instance, in a dilute Lysogeny broth-Miller, the minimum concentrations of PAA and free chlorine to prevent the regrowth of planktonic P. aeruginosa PAO1 were 20 mg PAA·L-1 and 300 mg Cl2·L-1, respectively. While both disinfectants are strong oxidants disrupting cell membrane, environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) revealed that PAA made holes in the center of the cells, whereas free chlorine desiccated the cells. Overall, this study shows that PAA is a powerful disinfectant to prevent bacterial regrowth even in the presence of organic matter.
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- Chiqian Zhang
- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, United States.
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, United States
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- College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR), University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, United States; Electron Microscopy Core Facility, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, United States
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- Electron Microscopy Core Facility, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, United States
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- Electron Microscopy Core Facility, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, United States
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- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, United States.
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Petersen NB, Madsen T, Glaring MA, Dobbs FC, Jørgensen NOG. Ballast water treatment and bacteria: Analysis of bacterial activity and diversity after treatment of simulated ballast water by electrochlorination and UV exposure. Sci Total Environ 2019; 648:408-421. [PMID: 30121040 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2018] [Revised: 08/04/2018] [Accepted: 08/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Effects of ballast water (BW) treatment by ultra-violet (UV) light and electrochlorination (EC) on survival, activity and diversity of marine bacterioplankton and release of organic matter from cell damage were examined at discharge in a large-scale BW test facility (250 m3 tanks) at Hundested harbour, Denmark. The tests were performed in accordance with the requirements for type approval testing by International Maritime Organization (IMO) and US Coast Guard. After treatment, the water was held in the tanks for one day (EC) before discharge, or 6 days (UV, including also a final UV re-treatment) before discharge. In the discharged and treated water, numbers of viable bacteria and bacterial growth rate had decreased significantly relative to the untreated water, but the total number of bacteria only was reduced in the EC-treated water. After additional storage for up to 10 days in small-scale laboratory incubations, significant regrowth of bacteria was observed after either treatment. Sequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicons demonstrated that α-Proteobacteria initially were dominant, but γ-Proteobacteria dominated after regrowth. Bacteria used to document BW treatment efficiency (E. coli, Vibrio spp., enterococci) survived both treatments; neither treatment reduced the risk of pathogen dispersal. Concentrations of amino acids in the water were used as indicators of treatment-induced cell damage and demonstrated higher concentrations at discharge, but only after the EC treatments. Our results indicate that activity of bacteria, rather than their abundances, should be used when examining effects by ballast water treatment on microorganisms and that none of the examined treatment technologies could eliminate pathogenic bacteria.
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- Nanna B Petersen
- Section for Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 1871 Frederiksberg, Denmark.
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- Section for Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 1871 Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University, 406 Oceanography & Physical Sciences Building, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA.
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- Section for Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 1871 Frederiksberg, Denmark.
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Fall C, Silva-Hernández BC. Bacterial inactivation and regrowth in ozonated activated sludges. Chemosphere 2017; 189:357-364. [PMID: 28946069 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.09.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2017] [Revised: 08/29/2017] [Accepted: 09/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Ozonation of the return activated sludge (AS) flow is an emerging option for excess-sludge reduction. This study aimed to evaluate the potential changes suffered by some kinetic parameters of the activated sludge models (ASMs) in the combined ozone-AS process. The heterotrophic maximum specific growth rate (μHmax) was determined by respirometry in three model-sludges (S1 to S3) treated in batch with different O3 doses. S1 was a fresh synthetic biosolid composed by only two particulate fractions. S2 was a digestate of S1 almost made by the endogenous residues. S3 was from a municipal wastewater treatment plant. μHmax increased significantly from 3.5 d-1 originally, to more than 10 d-1 in the ozonated sludges. Ozonation promoted the selection of fast-growing bacteria in the activated sludges, after transitory inactivation and long lag times. Some microorganisms survived to 3 months of digestion and subsequent ozonation, and then regrow faster than before, once fed again with acetate. The research is of interest from the point of view of the application of the ASM models to the ozone-AS process, but also for wastewater disinfection in general.
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- C Fall
- Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM, CIRA), col. Centro, C.P. 50000, Toluca, Mexico.
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- Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM, CIRA), col. Centro, C.P. 50000, Toluca, Mexico
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Korotta-Gamage SM, Sathasivan A. A review: Potential and challenges of biologically activated carbon to remove natural organic matter in drinking water purification process. Chemosphere 2017; 167:120-138. [PMID: 27716585 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.09.097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2016] [Revised: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The use of biologically activated carbon (BAC) in drinking water purification is reviewed. In the past BAC is seen mostly as a polishing treatment. However, BAC has the potential to provide solution to recent challenges faced by water utilities arising from change in natural organic matter (NOM) composition in drinking water sources - increased NOM concentration with a larger fraction of hydrophilic compounds and ever increasing trace level organic pollutants. Hydrophilic NOM is not removed by traditional coagulation process and causes bacterial regrowth and increases disinfection by-products (DBPs) formation during disinfection. BAC can offer many advantages by removing hydrophilic fraction and many toxic and endocrine compounds which are not otherwise removed. BAC can also aid the other downstream processes if used as a pre-treatment. Major drawback of BAC was longer empty bed contact time (EBCT) required for an effective NOM removal. This critical review analyses the strategies that have been adopted to enhance the biological activity of the carbon by operational means and summarises the surface modification methods. To maximize the benefit of the BAC, a rethink of current treatment plant configuration is proposed. If the process can be expedited and adopted appropriately, BAC can solve many of the current problems.
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, Western Sydney University, NSW 2747, Australia.
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Lee OM, Kim HY, Park W, Kim TH, Yu S. A comparative study of disinfection efficiency and regrowth control of microorganism in secondary wastewater effluent using UV, ozone, and ionizing irradiation process. J Hazard Mater 2015; 295:201-208. [PMID: 25955959 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2014] [Revised: 04/06/2015] [Accepted: 04/06/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Ionizing radiation technology was suggested as an alternative method to disinfection processes, such as chlorine, UV, and ozone. Although many studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of irradiation technology for microbial disinfection, there has been a lack of information on comparison studies of disinfection techniques and a regrowth of each treatment. In the present study, an ionizing radiation was investigated to inactivate microorganisms and to determine the critical dose to prevent the regrowth. As a result, it was observed that the disinfection efficiency using ionizing radiation was not affected by the seasonal changes of wastewater characteristics, such as temperature and turbidity. In terms of bacterial regrowth after disinfection, the ionizing radiation showed a significant resistance of regrowth, whereas, on-site UV treatment is influenced by the suspended solid, temperature, or precipitation. The electric power consumption was also compared for the economic feasibility of each technique at a given value of disinfection efficiency of 90% (1-log), showing 0.12, 36.80, and 96.53 Wh/(L/day) for ionizing radiation, ozone, and UV, respectively. The ionizing radiation requires two or three orders of magnitude lower power consumption than UV and ozone. Consequently, ionizing radiation can be applied as an effective and economical alternative technique to other conventional disinfection processes.
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- O-Mi Lee
- Quarantine Technology Center, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency Plant, 175 Anyangro, Manan-Gu, Anyang-Si, Gyeonggi-Do 480-757, South Korea
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- Advanced Radiation Technology Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 29 Geumgu-gil, Jeongeup, Jeonbuk 580-185, South Korea
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- Advanced Radiation Technology Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 29 Geumgu-gil, Jeongeup, Jeonbuk 580-185, South Korea
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- Advanced Radiation Technology Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 29 Geumgu-gil, Jeongeup, Jeonbuk 580-185, South Korea
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- Advanced Radiation Technology Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 29 Geumgu-gil, Jeongeup, Jeonbuk 580-185, South Korea.
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