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Sun M, Lu Z, Jiang X, Guo X, Zhang Y, Huang X, Cao M, Zhang C, Yu W. Inhalation of ferrate-disinfected Escherichia coli caused lung injury via endotoxin-induced oxidative stress and inflammation response. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 944:173760. [PMID: 38857800 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2024] [Revised: 05/28/2024] [Accepted: 06/02/2024] [Indexed: 06/12/2024]
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Ferrate (Fe(VI)) is an environmentally friendly disinfectant that is widely used to eradicate microbes in reclaimed water. However, the potential health risks associated with inhalation of Fe(VI)-treated bacteria-laden reclaimed water remains uncertain. We aimed to explore the inhalation hazards and potential mechanisms of K2FeO4-treated Escherichia coli (E. coli, ATCC 25922). Our findings indicated that Fe(VI) disinfection induced a dose- and time-dependent E. coli inactivation, accompanied by a rapid release of the bacterial endotoxin, lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observations indicate that Fe(VI)-induced endotoxin production consists of at least two stages: initial binding of endotoxin to bacteria and subsequent dissociation to release free endotoxin. Furthermore, Fe(VI) disinfection was not able to effectively eliminate pure or E. coli-derived endotoxins. The E. coli strain used in this study lacks lung infection capability, thus the inhalation of bacteria alone failed to induce severe lung injury. However, mice inhaled exposure to Fe(VI)-treated E. coli showed severe impairment of lung structure and function. Moreover, we observed an accumulation of neutrophil/macrophage recruitment, cell apoptosis, and ROS generation in the lung tissue of mice subjected to Fe(VI)-treated E. coli. RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) and PCR results revealed that genes involved with endotoxin stimuli, cell apoptosis, antioxidant defence, inflammation response, chemokines and their receptors were upregulated in response to Fe(VI)-treated E. coli. In conclusion, Fe(VI) is ineffective in eliminating endotoxins and can trigger secondary hazards owing to endotoxin release from inactivated bacteria. Aerosol exposure to Fe(VI)-treated E. coli causes considerable damage to lung tissue by inducing oxidative stress and inflammatory responses.
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- Muhan Sun
- School of Military Preventive Medicine, Shanxi Provincial Key Lab of Free Radical Biology and Medicine, Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China; School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China
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- Medical Service Training Base, Air Force University, Shaanxi, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Computer Department of Basic Medicine School, Air Force University, Shaanxi, Xi'an 710032, China
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- School of Military Preventive Medicine, Shanxi Provincial Key Lab of Free Radical Biology and Medicine, Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- School of Military Preventive Medicine, Shanxi Provincial Key Lab of Free Radical Biology and Medicine, Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- School of Military Preventive Medicine, Shanxi Provincial Key Lab of Free Radical Biology and Medicine, Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- School of Military Preventive Medicine, Shanxi Provincial Key Lab of Free Radical Biology and Medicine, Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China
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- School of Military Preventive Medicine, Shanxi Provincial Key Lab of Free Radical Biology and Medicine, Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
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Zhang G, Wang T, Zhou J, Guo H, Qu G, Guo X, Jia H, Zhu L. Intrinsic mechanisms underlying the highly efficient removal of bacterial endotoxin and related risks in tailwater by dielectric barrier discharge plasma. WATER RESEARCH 2022; 226:119214. [PMID: 36240712 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Revised: 10/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Endotoxin is widely present in aquatic environments and can induce adverse health effects. In this study, dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma was used to remove bacterial endotoxin from the tailwater of a wastewater treatment plant. The removal efficiency of total endotoxin activity was up to 92% with low electrical energy consumption (0.43 J mL-1%-1) after 180 s of the DBD plasma treatment, which was better than other previously reported methods. In the early stage of DBD plasma oxidation, the expression of genes related to cell morphology and bacterial antioxidant enzyme synthesis was distinctly down-regulated, suggesting that cell integrity was destroyed, leading to endotoxin release into the solution. Additionally, endotoxin synthesis in the cells was suppressed. The endotoxin in the solution was effectively removed by ·OH, 1O2, and O2·-generated by the DBD plasma, with second-order reaction rates of 2.69 × 1010, 2.20 × 107, and 8.60 × 108 mol-1 L s-1, respectively. The core toxic component of endotoxin (lipid A) was attacked by these strong oxidative species, generating smaller molecular fragments with low toxicity. Consequently, the inflammatory factors IL-6, IL-β, and TNF-α of endotoxin decreased by 3.4-4.8 folds after the DBD plasma treatment, implying that the health risks posed by endotoxin were greatly reduced. This study revealed the intrinsic mechanisms of the highly efficient removal of bacterial endotoxin by DBD plasma oxidation.
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- Guodong Zhang
- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China.
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China
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- College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, PR China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China.
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Rasuli L, Dehghani MH, Aghaei M, Mahvi AH, Mubarak NM, Karri RR. Occurrence and fate of bacterial endotoxins in the environment (air, water, wastewater) and remediation technologies: An overview. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 303:135089. [PMID: 35623438 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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Endotoxins as the outer membrane of most Gram-Negative Bacteria (GNB) and typical toxic biochemical produced by microorganisms are identified as one of the emerging pollutants. These microbial by-products are harmful compounds that can be present in various environments including air, water, soil, and other ecosystems which was discussed in detail in this review. Environmental and occupational exposure caused by endotoxin occurs in water and wastewater treatment plants, industrial plants, farming, waste recovery, and composting facilities. Even though the health risk related to endotoxin injection in intravenous and dialysis are well identified, the harmful effects of ingestion, inhalation, and other way of exposure are not well quantified and there is insufficient information on the potential health risks of endotoxins exposure in water environments, and another exposures. Because of limited studies, the outbreaks of diseases related to endotoxins in the various source of exposure not been well documented. Endotoxin removal from different environments are investigated in this review. The results of various studies have shown that conventional treatment methods have been unable to remove endotoxins from water and wastewater, therefore, monitoring the effectiveness of these processes in controlling this contaminant and also using the appropriate removal method is essential. However, management of water and wastewater treatment processes and the use of advanced processes such as Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) can be effective in monitoring and reducing endotoxin levels during water and wastewater treatment. One of the limitations of endotoxin monitoring is the lack of sufficient information to develop monitoring levels. In addition, the lack of guidelinesand methods of controlling them at high levels may cause irreparable disaster.
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- Leila Rasuli
- Qazvin University of Medical Science, Qazvin, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Institute for Environmental Research, Center for Solid Waste Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Institute for Environmental Research, Center for Solid Waste Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan, BE1410, Brunei Darussalam
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- Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan, BE1410, Brunei Darussalam
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Lim RRX, Fung FM, Feng HT, Li SFY. Analysis of lipopolysaccharides by coupling microscale solid-phase extraction with capillary electrophoresis-laser induced fluorescence. Microchem J 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2020.105771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Liu G, Lu Y, Shi L, Ren Y, Kong J, Zhang M, Chen M, Liu W. TLR4-MyD88 signaling pathway is responsible for acute lung inflammation induced by reclaimed water. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2020; 396:122586. [PMID: 32315938 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2019] [Revised: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Previous research found that inhalation exposure of reclaimed water could cause severe pulmonary inflammation, and the endotoxin was proposed to be the key risk factor. To further support this view, the toxic effects of different reclaimed water induced by acute inhalation exposure were compared between wildtype C57BL/6J and TLR4 signaling pathway defect mice. It was found that reclaimed water with high levels of endotoxin could induce strong inflammation in wildtype mice, but not in Tlr4-/- and MyD88-/- mutants. The mixed bacterial culture from the reclaimed water showed very weak response in wildtype mice and no response in TLR4-signaling pathway deficient mice, which further suggested that the cell-bound endotoxins contribute little in the inflammation induced by reclaimed water. In addition, conditional knockout of the Tlr4 gene in myeloid cells resulted in a significant reduction of sensitivity to the reclaimed water in mutants, which indicates that myeloid cells play the most important role in the defensive immune system against the pollutants in the water. In general, this study demonstrated that the TLR4-MyD88 signaling pathway is responsible for the acute lung inflammation induced by reclaimed water, which excludes the possibility of other signaling pathway dependent inflammation inducers in reclaimed water.
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- Gang Liu
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Life Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Life Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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Wang K, Li Y, Huang J, Xu L, Yin L, Ji Y, Wang C, Xu Z, Niu J. Insights into electrochemical decomposition mechanism of lipopolysaccharide using TiO 2 nanotubes arrays electrode. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2020; 391:122259. [PMID: 32062543 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Revised: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Electrochemical decomposition of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was firstly investigated over titania nanotubes (TNTs) arrays electrode. The TNTs layer of this electrode consisted of numerous tubular structures which arranged tightly, and the average diameter of each nanotube is 100 ± 5 nm. The degradation of LPS and polysaccharides followed pseudo-first-order kinetics. The optimal LPS removal ratio was nearly 80 %. The endotoxin toxicity of LPS steadily decreased during the electrolysis process. The acute toxicity of the intermediates increased suddenly at the beginning of electrochemical degradation process (< 5 min), then maintained high inhibition ratio (> 95 %) for about 150 min, and decreased significantly (< 10 %) after electrolysis for 240 min. After 20 min of electrolysis, LPS with molecular weight of 116,854 Da was transformed into small molecular compounds with molecular weights of 59,312 - 12,209 Da. Possible degradation and detoxification mechanisms of LPS including electric-field-force-driving accumulation, adsorption and direct electron transfer on TNTs arrays electrode, and •OH oxidation were proposed. This study underscores that electrochemical technique can be applied to eliminate and decrease the toxicity of LPS from contaminated water.
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- Kaixuan Wang
- Research Center for Eco-environmental Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, Guangdong 523808, PR China; Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, PR China
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- Research Center for Eco-environmental Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, Guangdong 523808, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, PR China
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- Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, Beijing 100012, PR China
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- Research Center for Eco-environmental Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, Guangdong 523808, PR China.
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Zhang C, Tian F, Zhang M, Zhang Z, Bai M, Guo G, Zheng W, Wang Q, Shi Y, Wang L. Endotoxin contamination, a potentially important inflammation factor in water and wastewater: A review. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 681:365-378. [PMID: 31108357 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Revised: 04/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Endotoxins, also referred to as lipopolysaccharides or pyrogens, are major components embedded in the outer cell wall membrane of most Gram-negative bacteria and some cyanobacteria. As common pyrogens and strong immune stimulators, health hazards associated with endotoxins in water and wastewater have been attracting attention in recent years. In this paper, the characteristics, existing forms, and detection assays of endotoxins in water and wastewater are reviewed. Cellular response and pathophysiological effects, and main exposure tracts of endotoxins in water and wastewater are discussed. Levels of endotoxin contamination in water, wastewater, and their aerosols are presented. The removal effects of different water and wastewater treatment processes are summarized. Hence, it is important to: (i) Improve investigations into endotoxin contamination in water and wastewater in order to identify their source, occurrence, and fate. (ii) Implement water and wastewater treatment processes capable of ensuring low levels of endotoxins. This review aims to identify efficient water and wastewater treatment processes capable of ensuring the production of WTPs and WWTPs effluents with a low level of endotoxin activity, and to guarantee the reduction of endotoxin exposure risks to the consumers of water and wastewater.
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- Can Zhang
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Chinese PLA, Beijing 100071, China.
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- School of Environmental Engineering, Nanjing Institute of Technology, Nanjing 211167, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Environmental and Operational Medicine, Tianjin 300050, China
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- Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Chinese PLA, Beijing 100071, China
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- School of Environmental Engineering, Nanjing Institute of Technology, Nanjing 211167, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Animal and Plant Resistance, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, 300387, China
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- Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Chinese PLA, Beijing 100071, China
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- Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Chinese PLA, Beijing 100071, China
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- Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Chinese PLA, Beijing 100071, China
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Reta N, Michelmore A, Saint CP, Prieto-Simon B, Voelcker NH. Label-Free Bacterial Toxin Detection in Water Supplies Using Porous Silicon Nanochannel Sensors. ACS Sens 2019; 4:1515-1523. [PMID: 31140789 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.8b01670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) are the major component of the outer membrane of all Gram-negative bacteria and some cyanobacteria and are released during growth and cell death. LPS pose a potential health risk in water, causing acute respiratory illnesses, inhalation fever, and gastrointestinal disorders. The need for rapid and accurate detection of LPS has become a major priority to facilitate more timely and efficacious intervention and, hence, avoid unsafe water distribution. In this context, a porous silicon membrane (pSiM)-based electrochemical biosensor was developed for direct and sensitive detection of LPS. pSiM, featuring arrays of nanochannels, was modified with polymyxin B (PmB), an antimicrobial peptide with strong affinity to LPS. Detection of LPS was based on measuring the changes in the diffusion through the nanochannels of an electroactive species added in solution, caused by the nanochannel blockage upon LPS binding to PmB. Results showed a limit of detection of 1.8 ng/mL, and a linear response up to 10,000 ng/mL spiked in buffer. Selectivity of the sensor toward potential interfering species in water supplies was also assessed. Sensor performance was then evaluated in water samples from a water treatment plant (WTP), and detection of LPS well below the levels encountered in episodes of water contamination and in humidifiers was demonstrated. The same platform was also tested for bacterial detection including Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli spiked in water samples from a WTP. Considering its performance characteristics, this platform represents a promising screening tool to identify the presence of LPS in water supplies and provide early warning of contamination events.
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- Nekane Reta
- Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, South Australia 5095, Australia
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- Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, South Australia 5095, Australia
- School of Engineering, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, South Australia 5095, Australia
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- Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, South Australia 5095, Australia
- Natural & Built Environments Research Centre, School of Natural & Built Environments, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, South Australia 5095, Australia
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- Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, South Australia 5095, Australia
- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, South Australia 5095, Australia
- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
- Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication, Victorian Node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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Xue J, Zhang J, Qiao J, Lu Y. Effects of chlorination and combined UV/Cl 2 treatment on endotoxin activity and inhalation toxicity of lipopolysaccharide, gram-negative bacteria and reclaimed water. WATER RESEARCH 2019; 155:124-130. [PMID: 30836264 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2018] [Revised: 02/09/2019] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Disinfection processes were applied in reclaimed water plant to eliminate pathogens and control the related health risk during water reuse. However, extra problems might emerge such as the released free endotoxins from the ruptured cell wall of gram-negative bacteria. Endotoxins can induce lung inflammatory responses after inhalation, which has been neglected in the water quality regulation, and the removal of endotoxin was not under consideration in the process of reclamation. In the present study, two well-known disinfection processes, chlorination and combined UV/chlorine (UV/Cl2), were performed to test the removal efficiency of endotoxin activity, as well as the inflammation inducing ability. In the pure LPS solution, UV/Cl2 treatment significantly reduced both endotoxin activity and lung inflammation responses with better oxidizability of the generated hydroxyl radical. However, its performance on bacteria liquid and real secondary effluent was more complicated. The cell wall-bound LPS have lower endotoxin activities and inflammation inducing ability. Immediately after the cell wall was destroyed, the bound LPS were released to the solution to be free LPS, which dramatically increased both the endotoxin activity and inflammation inducing ability of the water. When these free endotoxins were continuously oxidized, the endotoxin activity and inflammatory response decreased again but not to the background level. Therefore, the inflammation inducing ability of reclaimed water could not be removed efficiently. These results suggest that in spite of its high oxidability, UV/Cl2 treatment is not capable of removing the endotoxin-based toxicity, and other technologies are necessary to control endotoxin levels in reclaimed water.
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- Jinling Xue
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China; Chengdu Environmental Investment Group Co., LTD, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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Ren Y, Kong J, Xue J, Shi X, Li H, Qiao J, Lu Y. Effects of ozonation on the activity of endotoxin and its inhalation toxicity in reclaimed water. WATER RESEARCH 2019; 154:153-161. [PMID: 30782557 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.01.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Revised: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Aerosolized reclaimed water can cause inflammatory responses in lung after inhalation, and endotoxin has been identified as the main inducer. Since the effects of disinfection treatments on endotoxins had conflicting results, this study explored the changes of endotoxin activity and inflammation inducing ability of reference endotoxin, gram-negative bacteria solutions and reclaimed water after ozonation respectively, and found that LAL assay based endotoxin activity and mouse inhalation exposure based inflammation examination had inconsistent results. The excessive ozone could not remove the endotoxin activity, but was able to reduce the inflammation inducing ability of free endotoxin. When treating on gram-negative strains, ozone first released the cell-bound endotoxin and caused the dramatic increase of endotoxin activity. But for the inflammatory response, despite the rapid increase at the very beginning, it immediately dropped back with further ozonation. The endotoxin aggregate size was proposed as a key regulator of the toxicity of endotoxin, which was modified by ozone oxidation. In real reclaimed water, insufficient ozone significantly enhanced the inflammatory response, but when the ozone dosages were large enough, the inflammation could be drawn back to the original level, which was consistent with the observations from pure endotoxin and bacteria. This work demonstrates that the endotoxin activity cannot predict the endotoxin-induced toxicity of ozone treated water, and low dosage of ozone treatment may even increase the health risk of reclaimed water.
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- Yunru Ren
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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Simazaki D, Hirose M, Hashimoto H, Yamanaka S, Takamura M, Watanabe J, Akiba M. Occurrence and fate of endotoxin activity at drinking water purification plants and healthcare facilities in Japan. WATER RESEARCH 2018; 145:1-11. [PMID: 30103048 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2018] [Revised: 08/03/2018] [Accepted: 08/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Occurrence of residual endotoxin activity (ET) in dialysis water and also tap water as its source is a matter of great concern to medical professionals conducting dialysis therapy at healthcare facilities (HCFs). The present study was performed to determine the occurrence and fate of the ET at selected Japanese drinking water purification plants and HCFs between 2014 and 2016. Chemical coagulation and sedimentation, rapid sand filtration, and membrane filtration were highly effective to decrease both ET dissolved in water (free-ET) and ET bound to cells/particles (bound-ET). Moderate decreases in bound-ET and limited decreases in free-ET were observed by chlorination and ozonation. Bacterial activated carbon filtration was a major cause of significant increases in endotoxin activity during the course of drinking water purification process. Levels of residual ET in water supplied to HCFs were strongly affected by their source waters and the configurations of water purification processes served. Microbial regrowth on the premises, from water tanks to faucets at HCFs could also contribute to ET increases in tap water.
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- Dai Simazaki
- Water Management Section, Department of Environmental Health, National Institute of Public Health, 2-3-6 Wako, Saitama, 351-0197, Japan.
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- Department of Public Health and Medical Affairs, Osaka Prefectual Government, 2-1-22 Ohtemae, Osaka, Osaka, 540-0008, Japan
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- Water Quality Laboratory, Hanshin Water Supply Authority, 5-11-1 Tanou, Amagasaki, Hyougo, 661-0951, Japan
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- Nagoya City Environmental Science Research Institute, 5-16-8, Toyoda, Minami, Nagoya, Aichi, 457-0841, Japan
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- Water Quality Management Center, Morioka City Waterworks and Sewerage Bureau, 86 Aza Sakurayama, Kagano, Morioka, Iwate, 020-0807, Japan
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- Imabari City Waterworks Bureau, Imabari City Government, 1-4-1 Bekkucho, Imabari, Ehime, 794-8511, Japan
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- Water Management Section, Department of Environmental Health, National Institute of Public Health, 2-3-6 Wako, Saitama, 351-0197, Japan
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He X, Ding L, Su W, Ma H, Huang H, Wang Y, Ren H. Distribution of endotoxins in full scale pharmaceutical wastewater treatment plants and its relationship with microbial community structure. WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : A JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON WATER POLLUTION RESEARCH 2018; 77:2397-2406. [PMID: 29893728 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2018.162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Endotoxins are potential toxics impacting human health through respiration derived in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), yet the formation of endotoxins during wastewater treatment processes is still lacking research. In our study, the distribution of endotoxins and bacterial community structure in the wastewater of three full scale pharmaceutical WWTPs were explored using the limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) test and MiSeq technique. Results showed that higher endotoxin activities in the influent of Plant A and Plant C (560 and 1140 EU/mL), stemming from the fermentation process, were found compared to that of Plant B (135 EU/mL), coming from the process of chemical synthesis. During the anaerobic treatment and the cyclic activated sludge system (CASS) in the three WWTPs, the endotoxin activity increased, while it declined in the aerobic treatment system. In all bioreactors, the relative abundance of Gram-negative bacteria accounted for 50.0-94.6%. Bacteria with high lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in LAL assay were found at the genus level of Bacteroides, Enterococcus, Desulfovibrio, and Megasphaera.
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- Xuemeng He
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Xue J, Zhang J, Xu B, Xie J, Wu W, Lu Y. Endotoxins: The Critical Risk Factor in Reclaimed Water via Inhalation Exposure. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2016; 50:11957-11964. [PMID: 27709904 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b02395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The use of reclaimed water for nonpotable uses requires consideration of potential adverse health effects. Considering that inhalation can be a significant route of transmission of microorganisms and inflammatory agents, this study used a mouse model to test the possible adverse effects of reclaimed water use during car washing where aerosols are generated. Intensive innate immune responses were found in the lungs after acute exposure, and the lavage polymorphonuclear cell proportion was the most sensitive end point. Four types of evidence are presented to demonstrate that the main risk factor that initiates innate inflammation is the free endotoxin. (1) Small molecules (<10 kDa) cannot induce inflammation. (2) The endotoxin levels of 11 water samples from five different plants showed positive correlations with inflammatory responses. (3) Actual water samples showed similar activities with free endotoxins other than bacterially bound endotoxins. (4) Specific removal of endotoxins with polymyxin B affinity chromatography further confirmed the role of free endotoxins. It is noteworthy that 62.9% of the investigated tertiary-treated water had endotoxin levels higher than the allowable acute threshold (120 endotoxin units/mL) under the hypothesized car wash condition, which strongly suggests the need to carefully consider the water treatment steps required to produce safe water for various reclaimed water end uses.
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- Jinling Xue
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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Zhang J, Xue J, Xu B, Xie J, Qiao J, Lu Y. Inhibition of lipopolysaccharide induced acute inflammation in lung by chlorination. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2016; 303:131-6. [PMID: 26530889 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2015] [Revised: 09/25/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS, also called endotoxin) is a pro-inflammatory constituent of gram negative bacteria and cyanobacteria, which causes a potential health risk in the process of routine urban application of reclaimed water, such as car wash, irrigation, scenic water refilling, etc. Previous studies indicated that the common disinfection treatment, chlorination, has little effect on endotoxin activity removal measured by Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) assay. However, in this study, significant decrease of acute inflammatory effects was observed in mouse lung, while LAL assay still presented a moderate increase of endotoxin activity. To explore the possible mechanisms, the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) results showed the chlorination happened in alkyl chain of LPS molecules, which could affect the interaction between LPS and LPS-binding protein. Also the size of LPS aggregates was found to drop significantly after treatment, which could be another results of chlorination caused polarity change. In conclusion, our observation demonstrated that chlorination is effective to reduce the LPS induced inflammation in lung, and it is recommended to use health effect-based methods to assess risk removal of water treatment technologies.
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- Jinshan Zhang
- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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Huang H, Wu QY, Tang X, Jiang R, Hu HY. Formation of haloacetonitriles and haloacetamides during chlorination of pure culture bacteria. CHEMOSPHERE 2013; 92:375-381. [PMID: 23402924 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.01.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2012] [Revised: 11/27/2012] [Accepted: 01/03/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The increasing reuse of organic nitrogen-rich wastewater raises concerns regarding the formation of nitrogenous disinfection by-products (N-DBPs), such as haloacetonitriles and haloacetamides. Previous research mainly focused on N-DBPs formation from dissolved organic matter in wastewater. In this study, dichloroacetonitrile (DCAN) and dichloroacetamide (DCAcAm) formation from particles in the secondary effluents of a domestic wastewater treatment plant during chlorination was assessed to account for 26-46% of the total formation. As part of particles in wastewater, bacterial cells enriched in organic nitrogen are considered a potential source for the formation of N-DBPs during chlorination. The formation of DCAN, DCAcAm and trichloroacetamide (TCAcAm) during the chlorination of a Gram-negative bacterium of Escherichia coli (E. coli) and a Gram-positive bacterium of Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis) were then evaluated. Compared with dissolved organic matter in the secondary effluent, bacterial cells formed more DCAN, DCAcAm and TCAcAm during chlorination. E. faecalis formed more DCAN, but less DCAcAm and TCAcAm than E. coli did under most chlorination conditions. Moreover, the effects of contact time, chlorine dose, pH value and ammonia nitrogen concentration on the N-DBPs formation from the two bacterial suspensions were investigated. Under the chlorination conditions in this study, DCAN formation from the bacterial suspensions initially increased and then decreased, while TCAcAm formation increased with increasing contact time and chlorine dose. DCAcAm formation from the bacterial suspensions increased with the prolonged contact time, and increased and then decreased with increasing chlorine dose. DCAN, DCAcAm and TCAcAm formation was favored under neutral pH condition, but was reduced with the addition of ammonia during the chlorination of the two bacterial suspensions.
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- Huang Huang
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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