Plasma-Treated Water: A Comparison with Analog Mixtures of Traceable Ingredients

Plasma-treated water (PTW) possess anti-microbial potential against <i>Pseudomonas fluorescence</i>, which is observable for both suspended cells and cells organized in biofilms. Against that background, the chemical composition of PTW tends to focus. Various analytical techniques have b...

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Main Authors: Thomas Weihe, Yijiao Yao, Nevin Opitz, Robert Wagner, Johanna Krall, Uta Schnabel, Harald Below, Jörg Ehlbeck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-04-01
Series:Microorganisms
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/11/4/932
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Summary:Plasma-treated water (PTW) possess anti-microbial potential against <i>Pseudomonas fluorescence</i>, which is observable for both suspended cells and cells organized in biofilms. Against that background, the chemical composition of PTW tends to focus. Various analytical techniques have been applied for analyses, which reveal various traceable reactive oxygen and nitrogen compounds (RONS). Based on these findings, it is our aim to generate a PTW analog (anPTW), which has been compared in its anti-microbial efficiency with freshly generated PTW. Additionally, a solution of every traceable compound of PTW has been mixed according to their PTW concentration. As references, we treated suspended cells and mature biofilms of <i>P. fluorescence</i> with PTW that originates from a microwave-driven plasma source. The anti-microbial efficiency of all solutions has been tested based on a combination of a proliferation, an XTT, and a live–dead assay. The outcomes of the test proved an anti-microbial power of PTW that suggests more active ingredients than the traceable compounds HNO<sub>3</sub>, HNO<sub>2</sub>, and H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> or the combined mixture of the analog.
ISSN:2076-2607