Simultaneous removal of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater by a novel nonthermal plasma/peracetic acid combination system: Synergistic performance and mechanism.
J Hazard Mater
; 452: 131357, 2023 06 15.
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ABSTRACT
In this study, a novel and green method combining plasma with peracetic acid (plasma/PAA) was developed to simultaneously remove antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in wastewater, which achieves significant synergistic effects in the removal efficiencies and energy yield. At a plasma current of 2.6 A and PAA dosage of 10 mg/L, the removal efficiencies of most detected antibiotics in real wastewater exceeded 90 % in 2 min, with the ARG removal efficiencies ranging from 6.3 % to 75.2 %. The synergistic effects of plasma and PAA could be associated with the motivated production of reactive species (including â¢OH, â¢CH3, 1O2, ONOO-, â¢O2- and NOâ¢), which decomposed antibiotics, killed host bacteria, and inhibited ARG conjugative transfer. In addition, plasma/PAA also changed the contributions and abundances of ARG host bacteria and downregulated the corresponding genes of two-component regulatory systems, thus reducing ARG propagation. Moreover, the weak correlations between the removal of antibiotics and ARGs highlights the commendable performance of plasma/PAA in the simultaneous removal of antibiotics and ARGs. Therefore, this study affords an innovative and effective avenue to remove antibiotics and ARGs, which relies on the synergistic mechanisms of plasma and PAA and the simultaneous removal mechanisms of antibiotics and ARGs in wastewater.
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Antibacterianos
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J Hazard Mater
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SAUDE AMBIENTAL
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2023
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China