期刊
WATER RESEARCH
卷 45, 期 18, 页码 6039-6050出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.08.065
关键词
Silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs); Antibacterial effects; Wastewater biofilms; Planktonic bacteria; Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); PCR-DGGE
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) [386457]
- NSERC Research Tools and Instruments
- Canadian School of Energy and the Environment
- Alberta Ingenuity Graduate Scholarship in Nanotechnology
The goal of this research is to understand the potential antibacterial effect of silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) on biological wastewater treatment processes. It was found that original wastewater biofilms are highly tolerant to the Ag-NP treatment. With an application of 200 mg AWL Ag-NPs, the reduction of biofilm bacteria measured by heterotrophic plate counts was insignificant after 24 h. After the removal of loosely bound extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), the viability of wastewater biofilms was reduced when treated under the same conditions. By contrast, when treated as planktonic pure culture, bacteria isolated from the wastewater biofilms were highly vulnerable to Ag-NPs. With a similar initial cell density, most bacteria died within 1 h with the application of 1 mg AWL Ag-NPs. The results obtained here indicate that EPS and microbial community interactions in the biofilms play important roles in controlling the antimicrobial effects of Ag-NPs. In addition, slow growth rates may enhance the tolerance of certain bacteria to Ag-NPs. The effects of Ag-NPs on the entire microbial community in wastewater biofilms were analyzed using polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis, PCR-DGGE. The studies showed that the microbial susceptibility to Ag-NPs is different for each microorganism. For instance, Thiotrichales is more sensitive to Ag-NPs than other biofilm bacteria. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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