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dc.contributor.authorGao, Minghui
dc.contributor.authorNg, Tsz Wai
dc.contributor.authorAn, Taicheng
dc.contributor.authorLi, Guiying
dc.contributor.authorYip, Ho Yin
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Huijun
dc.contributor.authorWong, Po Keung
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-24T05:33:03Z
dc.date.available2017-10-24T05:33:03Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn0920-5861
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.cattod.2015.11.021
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/141585
dc.description.abstractThis study employed two different approaches, the inactivation of Escherichia coli single-gene deleted mutants and addition of scavengers in partition system, to reveal the roles of catalase (CAT), photogenerated e− and H2O2 in photocatalytic bacterial inactivation. A “parental strain” (E. coli BW25113) was more resistant than its isogenic single-gene deleted katG− mutant (E. coli JW3914) towards photocatalytic inactivation using TiO2 irradiated by UVA lamps (λ = 365 nm) in a partition system, whereas the photocatalytic inactivation efficiency of both bacterial strains were similar in a non-partition system. Addition of scavengers and CAT demonstrated the importance of superoxide radical (O2−), which subsequently formed H2O2, in the photocatalytic inactivation. The CAT activity and concentration of H2O2 during photocatalytic process were compared to further confirm the role of H2O2. In addition, bactericidal action of photogenerated e− and pH effect on the photocatalytic inactivation inferred that H2O2 probably came from the conduction band of TiO2. Furthermore, transmission electron microscope and atomic absorption spectrophotometric analyses indicated the oxidative damage of the bacterial cell began from cell envelope. The results of genetic and physiological analysis in this study provide a new insight into the cellular defense mechanism(s) during the photocatalytic inactivation of E. coli.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom205
dc.relation.ispartofpageto211
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCatalysis Today
dc.relation.ispartofvolume266
dc.subject.fieldofresearchChemical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther chemical sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEngineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode34
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode349999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode40
dc.titleThe role of catalase and H2O2 in photocatalytic inactivation of Escherichia coli: Genetic and biochemical approaches
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorZhao, Huijun


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