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author Nair, Divya
Gayathri, Padinchare Veettil
Vandhana, Thekkeparambil Venugopalan
Praved, P Hari
Rayaroth, Manoj P
Abdulaziz, Anas
Gopinath, Girish
author_facet Nair, Divya
Gayathri, Padinchare Veettil
Vandhana, Thekkeparambil Venugopalan
Praved, P Hari
Rayaroth, Manoj P
Abdulaziz, Anas
Gopinath, Girish
Nair, Divya
Gayathri, Padinchare Veettil
Vandhana, Thekkeparambil Venugopalan
Praved, P Hari
Rayaroth, Manoj P
Abdulaziz, Anas
Gopinath, Girish
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Occurrence and degradation of emerging antibiotic-resistant bacteria in riverine environment with sono, photo, and sonophotocatalytic oxidation under low-frequency ultrasound and sunlight. Nair, Divya Gayathri, Padinchare Veettil Vandhana, Thekkeparambil Venugopalan Praved, P Hari Rayaroth, Manoj P Abdulaziz, Anas Gopinath, Girish Sunlight Escherichia coli Rivers Anti-Bacterial Agents Oxidation-Reduction Zinc Oxide Catalysis Ultrasonic Waves Drug Resistance, Bacterial Microbial Sensitivity Tests Photochemical Processes The current study reports the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, Escherichia coli (E. coli) in riverine environments and their removal using advanced oxidation processes such as sonocatalysis (ultrasound), photocatalysis (sunlight), and sonophotocatalysis (ultrasound/sunlight) techniques utilizing zinc oxide (ZnO) as the catalyst. Results showed that about 96% of the E. coli isolates exhibited resistance to at least one tested antibiotic, and 47% were identified as multi-drug resistant (MDR). An MDR E. coli strain isolated from the Periyar River was selected as the target for the studies. Survey study conducted revealed that 12% of the participants reported the use of ampicillin, with 75% of the isolates displaying resistance to this antibiotic. Moreover, sonophotocatalysis system demonstrated the highest efficiency achieving approximately 90% degradation of AR E. coli within 90 min. No re-emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) was observed in the presence of ZnO. Sonophotocatalytic system was further validated in real water matrices, and results indicated that the efficiency of bacterial removal varied depending on the contamination levels of each water source, following the order: groundwater > river water > lake water > wastewater. The findings underscore the emergence of antibiotic resistance in aquatic bacteria that are typically exposed to antibiotics. This is the first study to demonstrate the feasibility of using inexpensive and renewable solar energy in combination with ultrasound for the purification of ARB-contaminated wastewater, thereby preventing the transmission of ARB and addressing the One Health challenges associated with them.
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spellingShingle Occurrence and degradation of emerging antibiotic-resistant bacteria in riverine environment with sono, photo, and sonophotocatalytic oxidation under low-frequency ultrasound and sunlight.
Nair, Divya
Gayathri, Padinchare Veettil
Vandhana, Thekkeparambil Venugopalan
Praved, P Hari
Rayaroth, Manoj P
Abdulaziz, Anas
Gopinath, Girish
Sunlight
Escherichia coli
Rivers
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Oxidation-Reduction
Zinc Oxide
Catalysis
Ultrasonic Waves
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Photochemical Processes
Occurrence and degradation of emerging antibiotic-resistant bacteria in riverine environment with sono, photo, and sonophotocatalytic oxidation under low-frequency ultrasound and sunlight. Nair, Divya Gayathri, Padinchare Veettil Vandhana, Thekkeparambil Venugopalan Praved, P Hari Rayaroth, Manoj P Abdulaziz, Anas Gopinath, Girish Sunlight Escherichia coli Rivers Anti-Bacterial Agents Oxidation-Reduction Zinc Oxide Catalysis Ultrasonic Waves Drug Resistance, Bacterial Microbial Sensitivity Tests Photochemical Processes The current study reports the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, Escherichia coli (E. coli) in riverine environments and their removal using advanced oxidation processes such as sonocatalysis (ultrasound), photocatalysis (sunlight), and sonophotocatalysis (ultrasound/sunlight) techniques utilizing zinc oxide (ZnO) as the catalyst. Results showed that about 96% of the E. coli isolates exhibited resistance to at least one tested antibiotic, and 47% were identified as multi-drug resistant (MDR). An MDR E. coli strain isolated from the Periyar River was selected as the target for the studies. Survey study conducted revealed that 12% of the participants reported the use of ampicillin, with 75% of the isolates displaying resistance to this antibiotic. Moreover, sonophotocatalysis system demonstrated the highest efficiency achieving approximately 90% degradation of AR E. coli within 90 min. No re-emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) was observed in the presence of ZnO. Sonophotocatalytic system was further validated in real water matrices, and results indicated that the efficiency of bacterial removal varied depending on the contamination levels of each water source, following the order: groundwater > river water > lake water > wastewater. The findings underscore the emergence of antibiotic resistance in aquatic bacteria that are typically exposed to antibiotics. This is the first study to demonstrate the feasibility of using inexpensive and renewable solar energy in combination with ultrasound for the purification of ARB-contaminated wastewater, thereby preventing the transmission of ARB and addressing the One Health challenges associated with them.
title Occurrence and degradation of emerging antibiotic-resistant bacteria in riverine environment with sono, photo, and sonophotocatalytic oxidation under low-frequency ultrasound and sunlight.
topic Sunlight
Escherichia coli
Rivers
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Oxidation-Reduction
Zinc Oxide
Catalysis
Ultrasonic Waves
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Photochemical Processes
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40880052/