Intracellular mechanisms of solar water disinfection
- Submitting institution
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University of Ulster
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 76484592
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1038/srep38145
- Title of journal
- Scientific Reports
- Article number
- -
- First page
- 1
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 38145
- ISSN
- 2045-2322
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- December
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
- -
- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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B - Safewater
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- The core contribution of this article is the investigation of the main photo-biological mechanisms that explain why the action of solar radiation has germicidal effects in waterborne bacteria. Solar water disinfection is a zero-cost intervention measure to disinfect drinking water in areas of poor access to improved water sources, used by more than 5 million people worldwide. Until this paper, the scientific literature pointed out that generation of reactive-oxygen species promoted by solar light absorption produced bactericidal activity. For the first time, this article reported experimental evidence of this feature, which is ground-breaking knowledge in the area of solar disinfection.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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