Antibacterial Activity of ZnO Nanoparticles and Filters Coated with ZnO Nanoparticles on Eliminating Escherichia coli and Enterococcus faecalis

Clean water is vital to both human life and preservation of ecosystems. The goal of this study was to investigate the antibacterial effects of ZnO nanoparticles and filters coated with different sizes of ZnO nanoparticles on Escherichia coli (ATCC: 25922) and Enterococcus faecalis (ATCC: 11700) as t...

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Main Authors: hamta sadat ghaderian, maryam mohammadi-sichani, Mohammadhassan Yousefi
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Language:English
Published: Water and Wastewater Consulting Engineers Research Development 2015-05-01
Series:آب و فاضلاب
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Online Access:http://www.wwjournal.ir/article_7795_99917440ba160b100466e1f4672000bb.pdf
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maryam mohammadi-sichani
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description Clean water is vital to both human life and preservation of ecosystems. The goal of this study was to investigate the antibacterial effects of ZnO nanoparticles and filters coated with different sizes of ZnO nanoparticles on Escherichia coli (ATCC: 25922) and Enterococcus faecalis (ATCC: 11700) as the predominant bacteria in contaminated water. The antibacterial effects of ZnO nanoparticles (5 and 100 nm in size) at concentrations of 12.5, 25.0, 50.0, and 100.0 mg/ml were determined using the well diffusion method in vitro. Minimum inhibitory concentrations and minimal bactericidal concentrations of ZnO nanoparticles were determined by the broth micro-dilution method. In another part of the study, ZnO nanoparticles were coated on polypropylene filters using the precipitation method to investigate their removal efficiency. Filtration of contaminated water was performed using a standard number of the bacteria being tested. ZnO nanoparticles (5 nm) at a concentration of 100.0 mg/ml showed maximum sensitivity against E.coli and Enterococcus faecalis by inhibition zones of 14.00±1.73 and 11.67±1.52 mm, respectively. Maximum inhibitory concentration of ZnO nanoparticles was determined as 25mg/ml. A significant relationship was found between antibacterial activity and ZnO nanoparticles concentration (P. value
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spelling doaj.art-635cd174594449fe8ae9adaf334401f12022-12-21T22:10:28ZengWater and Wastewater Consulting Engineers Research Developmentآب و فاضلاب1024-59362383-09052015-05-0126237427795Antibacterial Activity of ZnO Nanoparticles and Filters Coated with ZnO Nanoparticles on Eliminating Escherichia coli and Enterococcus faecalishamta sadat ghaderian0maryam mohammadi-sichani1Mohammadhassan Yousefi2MSc, Dept. of Microbiology, Falavarjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran. Instructor of Microbiology, Dept. of Microbiology, Falavarjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, IranAssoc. Prof. of Physics, Malek-e-Ashtar University of Tech., Shahinshahr, Isfahan, IranClean water is vital to both human life and preservation of ecosystems. The goal of this study was to investigate the antibacterial effects of ZnO nanoparticles and filters coated with different sizes of ZnO nanoparticles on Escherichia coli (ATCC: 25922) and Enterococcus faecalis (ATCC: 11700) as the predominant bacteria in contaminated water. The antibacterial effects of ZnO nanoparticles (5 and 100 nm in size) at concentrations of 12.5, 25.0, 50.0, and 100.0 mg/ml were determined using the well diffusion method in vitro. Minimum inhibitory concentrations and minimal bactericidal concentrations of ZnO nanoparticles were determined by the broth micro-dilution method. In another part of the study, ZnO nanoparticles were coated on polypropylene filters using the precipitation method to investigate their removal efficiency. Filtration of contaminated water was performed using a standard number of the bacteria being tested. ZnO nanoparticles (5 nm) at a concentration of 100.0 mg/ml showed maximum sensitivity against E.coli and Enterococcus faecalis by inhibition zones of 14.00±1.73 and 11.67±1.52 mm, respectively. Maximum inhibitory concentration of ZnO nanoparticles was determined as 25mg/ml. A significant relationship was found between antibacterial activity and ZnO nanoparticles concentration (P. valuehttp://www.wwjournal.ir/article_7795_99917440ba160b100466e1f4672000bb.pdfZinc oxide nanoparticlesEscherichia coliEnterococcus faecalisAntimicrobial activity
spellingShingle hamta sadat ghaderian
maryam mohammadi-sichani
Mohammadhassan Yousefi
Antibacterial Activity of ZnO Nanoparticles and Filters Coated with ZnO Nanoparticles on Eliminating Escherichia coli and Enterococcus faecalis
آب و فاضلاب
Zinc oxide nanoparticles
Escherichia coli
Enterococcus faecalis
Antimicrobial activity
title Antibacterial Activity of ZnO Nanoparticles and Filters Coated with ZnO Nanoparticles on Eliminating Escherichia coli and Enterococcus faecalis
title_full Antibacterial Activity of ZnO Nanoparticles and Filters Coated with ZnO Nanoparticles on Eliminating Escherichia coli and Enterococcus faecalis
title_fullStr Antibacterial Activity of ZnO Nanoparticles and Filters Coated with ZnO Nanoparticles on Eliminating Escherichia coli and Enterococcus faecalis
title_full_unstemmed Antibacterial Activity of ZnO Nanoparticles and Filters Coated with ZnO Nanoparticles on Eliminating Escherichia coli and Enterococcus faecalis
title_short Antibacterial Activity of ZnO Nanoparticles and Filters Coated with ZnO Nanoparticles on Eliminating Escherichia coli and Enterococcus faecalis
title_sort antibacterial activity of zno nanoparticles and filters coated with zno nanoparticles on eliminating escherichia coli and enterococcus faecalis
topic Zinc oxide nanoparticles
Escherichia coli
Enterococcus faecalis
Antimicrobial activity
url http://www.wwjournal.ir/article_7795_99917440ba160b100466e1f4672000bb.pdf
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