@article{f27d0f83c7114429a2c18c3bd84fd429,
title = "Predatory bacteria in combination with solar disinfection and solar photocatalysis for the treatment of rainwater",
abstract = "The predatory bacterium, Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus, was applied as a biological pre-treatment to solar disinfection and solar photocatalytic disinfection for rainwater treatment. The photocatalyst used was immobilised titanium-dioxide reduced graphene oxide. The pre-treatment followed by solar photocatalysis for 120 min under natural sunlight reduced the viable counts of Klebsiella pneumoniae from 2.00 × 10 9 colony forming units (CFU)/mL to below the detection limit (BDL) (<1 CFU/100 μL). Correspondingly, ethidium monoazide bromide quantitative PCR analysis indicated a high total log reduction in K. pneumoniae gene copies (GC)/mL (5.85 logs after solar photocatalysis for 240 min). In contrast, solar disinfection and solar photocatalysis without the biological pre-treatment were more effective for Enterococcus faecium disinfection as the viable counts of E. faecium were reduced by 8.00 logs (from 1.00 × 10 8 CFU/mL to BDL) and the gene copies were reduced by ∼3.39 logs (from 2.09 × 10 6 GC/mL to ∼9.00 × 10 2 GC/mL) after 240 min of treatment. Predatory bacteria can be applied as a pre-treatment to solar disinfection and solar photocatalytic treatment to enhance the removal efficiency of Gram-negative bacteria, which is crucial for the development of a targeted water treatment approach. ",
keywords = "Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus, Biological pre-treatment, Harvested rainwater, Photocatalysis, Solar disinfection",
author = "Monique Waso and S. Khan and Anukriti Singh and Stuart McMichael and W. Ahmed and Pilar Fernandez-Ibanez and John Byrne and Wesaal Khan",
note = "Funding Information: The authors would like to acknowledge the following individuals and institutions for their contribution to this project: • The financial assistance of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst / National Research Foundation of South Africa and the Royal Society Newton Mobility Grant (Grant number: NI170184 ). Opinions expressed and conclusions arrived at, are those of the authors and are not necessarily to be attributed to the DAAD/NRF or the Royal Society Newton Mobility Grant. • Pilar Fern{\'a}ndez-Ib{\'a}{\~n}ez and John Anthony Byrne acknowledge funding from Global Challenges Research Fund – United Kingdom Research and Innovation (GCRF UKRI) for SAFEWATER (Grant Ref number EP/P032427/1 ). • Dr Jeremy Hamilton and Dr Preetam Sharma from the Nanotechnology and Integrated BioEngineering Centre (NIBEC) at Ulster University (Northern Ireland) for their guidance during the synthesis and immobilisation of the TiO 2 -rGO material. • Casper Brink from the Microbiology Department at Stellenbosch University for creating the drawings of the designed SODIS systems in AutoCAD{\textregistered} 2018. • Dr Pieter Neethling from the Physics Department at Stellenbosch University for measuring the reflectance of the stainless-steel sheets utilised for the construction of the compound parabolic collectors. Appendix A Funding Information: The authors would like to acknowledge the following individuals and institutions for their contribution to this project:, ? The financial assistance of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst / National Research Foundation of South Africa and the Royal Society Newton Mobility Grant (Grant number: NI170184). Opinions expressed and conclusions arrived at, are those of the authors and are not necessarily to be attributed to the DAAD/NRF or the Royal Society Newton Mobility Grant. ? Pilar Fern?ndez-Ib??ez and John Anthony Byrne acknowledge funding from Global Challenges Research Fund ? United Kingdom Research and Innovation (GCRF UKRI) for SAFEWATER (Grant Ref number EP/P032427/1). ? Dr Jeremy Hamilton and Dr Preetam Sharma from the Nanotechnology and Integrated BioEngineering Centre (NIBEC) at Ulster University (Northern Ireland) for their guidance during the synthesis and immobilisation of the TiO2-rGO material. ? Casper Brink from the Microbiology Department at Stellenbosch University for creating the drawings of the designed SODIS systems in AutoCAD? 2018. ? Dr Pieter Neethling from the Physics Department at Stellenbosch University for measuring the reflectance of the stainless-steel sheets utilised for the construction of the compound parabolic collectors. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Elsevier Ltd Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2020",
month = feb,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.watres.2019.115281",
language = "English",
volume = "169",
pages = "1",
journal = "Water Research",
issn = "0043-1354",
publisher = "Elsevier",
number = "1",
}