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- Title
Limnoithona sinensis as refuge for bacteria: protection from UV radiation and chlorine disinfection in drinking water treatment.
- Authors
Lin, Tao; Cai, Bo; Chen, Wei
- Abstract
In this study, we tested the potential of Limnoithona sinensis to provide its attached bacteria refuge against disinfection. The experimental results indicated that in water devoid of zooplankton, both UV radiation and chlorine disinfection significantly decreased the viability of free-living bacteria. In the presence of L. sinensis, however, the attached bacteria could survive and rapidly recover from disinfection. This demonstrated that L. sinensis provided protection from external damage to various aquatic bacteria that were attached to its body. The surviving bacteria remained on L. sinensis after disinfection exposure, which enabled a rapid increase in the bacterial population followed by their subsequent release into the surrounding water. Compared with UV radiation, chlorine disinfection was more effective in terms of inactivating attached bacteria. Both UV radiation and chlorine disinfection had little effect in terms of preventing the spread of undesirable bacteria, due to the incomplete inactivation of the bacteria associated with L. sinensis.
- Subjects
ULTRAVIOLET radiation; CHLORINE; DRINKING water purification; BACTERIA; DISINFECTION &; disinfectants; ZOOPLANKTON
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 2014, Vol 60, Issue 11, p745
- ISSN
0008-4166
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/cjm-2014-0347