Open AccessBacterial film disintegration with electrochemically reduced water
Author(s) -
А. Г. Погорелов,
Aleksandr L. Kuznetsov,
A. I. Panait,
M. A. Pogorelova,
O. A. Suvorov,
Genrikh R. Ivanitskii
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
doklady akademii nauk. rossijskaâ akademiâ nauk
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0869-5652
DOI - 10.31857/s0869-56524863395-397
Subject(s) - biofilm , scanning electron microscope , matrix (chemical analysis) , ultrastructure , bacteria , chemical engineering , polymer , chemistry , materials science , composite material , biology , chromatography , botany , genetics , engineering
This work aimed to study the fine structure of bacterial films grown on the inner tuber surface of flow reactor. Applying scanning electron microscopy (SEM) approaches, the detailed biofilm relief was visualized. The action of electrochemically reduced water (ERW) on the biofilm ultrastructure generated by the plankton form of E.coli and/or lacto bacteria was investigated. Treatments with an ERW solution were exhibited to destroy the biofilm organic polymer matrix and bacterial cells embedded in a matrix.