CINDECA   05422
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO EN CIENCIAS APLICADAS "DR. JORGE J. RONCO"
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
The detrimental influence of bacteria (E. coli, Shigella and Salmonella) on the degradation of organic compounds (and vice versa) in TiO2 photocatalysis and near neutral photo-Fenton processes under simulated solar light
Autor/es:
ALEJANDRO MONCAYO-LASSO; LUIS ENRIQUE MORA-ARIZMENDI; JULIÁN ANDRES RENGIFO HERRERA; JANETH SANABRIA; NORBERTO BENITEZ; CESAR PULGARIN
Revista:
Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences
Editorial:
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
Referencias:
Lugar: CAMBRIDGE; Año: 2012 vol. 11 p. 821 - 827
ISSN:
1474-905X
Resumen:
TiO2 photocatalytic and near neutral photo-Fenton
processes were tested under simulated solar light to degrade, two models of
natural organic matter resorcinol (R) (who should interact strongly with TiO2
surfaces) and hydroquinone (H) separately or in the presence of bacteria. Under
similar oxidative conditions inactivation of Escherichia coli, Shigella sonnei and Salmonella typhimurium was carried out in the absence and in the presence
of 10 mg L-1of R and H. The 100% abatement of R and H, by using a
TiO2 photocatalytic process in the absence of bacteria, was observed
in 90 min for R and in 120 min for H, while in the presence of microorganisms, abatement
was only of 55% and 35% for R and H, respectively. Photo-Fenton reagent at pH
5.0 completely removed R and H in 40 min, whereas in the presence of
microorganisms their degradation was of 60% to 80%. On the other hand, 2 h of TiO2
photocatalytic process inactivated
S. typhimurium and E. coli cells in three and six orders of
magnitude respectively, while S. sonnei
was completely inactivated in 10 min. In the presence of R or H, the bacteria
inactivation via TiO2 photocatalysis was significantly decreased. With
photo-Fenton reagent at pH 5 all the microorganisms tested were completely
inactivated in 40 min of simulated solar light irradiation in the absence of
organics. When R and H were present, bacteria photo-Fenton inactivation was
less affected. The obtained results suggest that in both TiO2 and
iron photo-assisted processes, there is competition between organic substances
and bacteria simultaneously present for generated reactive oxygen species (ROS).
This competition is most important in heterogeneous systems mainly when there
are strong organic-TiO2 surface interactions, as in the
resorcinol case, suggesting that bacteria-TiO2 interactions could
play a key role in photocatalytic cell inactivation processes.