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  • Removal of bacteria Legionella pneumophila, Escherichia coli, and Bacillus subtilis by (super)cavitation
    Šarc, Andrej, 1978- ...
    In sufficient concentrations, the pathogenic bacteria L. pneumophila can cause a respiratory illness that is known as the "Legionnaires" disease. Moreover, toxic Shiga strains of bacteria E. coli can ... cause life-threatening hemolytic-uremic syndrome. Because of the recent restrictions imposed on the usage of chlorine, outbreaks of these two bacterial species have become more common. In this study we have developed a novel rotation generator and its effectiveness against bacteria Legionella pneumophila and Escherichia coli was tested for various types of hydrodynamic cavitation (attached steady cavitation, developed unsteady cavitation and supercavitation). The results show that the supercavitation was the only effective form of cavitation. It enabled more than 3 logs reductions for both bacterial species and was also effective against a more persistent Gram positive bacteria, B. subtilis. The deactivation mechanism is at present unknown. It is proposed that when bacterial cells enter a supercavitation cavity, an immediate pressure drop occurs and this results in bursting of the cellular membrane. The new rotation generator that induced supercavitation proved to be economically and microbiologically far more effective than the classical Venturi section (super)cavitation.
    Source: Ultrasonics sonochemistry. - ISSN 1350-4177 (Vol. 42, Apr. 2018, str. 228-236)
    Type of material - article, component part
    Publish date - 2018
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 15787803

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source: Ultrasonics sonochemistry. - ISSN 1350-4177 (Vol. 42, Apr. 2018, str. 228-236)
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