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Ferrous ion as a reducing agent in the generation of antibiofilm nitric oxide from a copper-based catalytic system
Wonoputri V.a,b, Gunawan C.a, Liu S.a, Barraud N.d, Yee L.H.e, Lim M.a, Amal R.a
a Particles and Catalysis Research Group, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2032, Australia
b Department of Chemical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia
c ithree institute, University of Technology Sydney, 2007, Australia
d Genetics of Biofilms Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, 75015, France
e Marine Ecology Research Centre in the School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, 2480, Australia
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624529070653{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner layout=”boxed”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1624695412187{border-right-width: 1px !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Abstract” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]© 2018 Elsevier Inc.The work found that the electron-donating properties of ferrous ions (Fe2+) can be used for the conversion of nitrite (NO2 −) into the biofilm-dispersing signal nitric oxide (NO) by a copper(II) complex (CuDTTCT) catalyst, a potentially applicable biofilm control technology for the water industries. The availability of Fe2+ varied depending on the characteristics of the aqueous systems (phosphate- and carbonate-containing nitrifying bacteria growth medium, NBGM and phosphate buffered saline, PBS at pH 6 to 8, to simulate conditions typically present in the water industries) and was found to affect the production of NO from nitrite by CuDTTCT (casted into PVC). Greater amounts of NO were generated from the CuDTTCT-nitrite-Fe2+ systems in PBS compared to those in NBGM, which was associated with the reduced extent of Fe2+-to-Fe3+ autoxidation by the iron-precipitating moieties phosphates and carbonate in the former system. Further, acidic conditions at pH 6.0 were found to favor NO production from the catalytic system in both PBS and NBGM compared to neutral or basic pH (pH 7.0 or 8.0). Lower pH was shown to stabilize Fe2+ and reduce its autoxidation to Fe3+. These findings will be beneficial for the potential implementation of the NO-generating catalytic technology and indeed, a ‘non-killing’ biofilm dispersal activity of CuDTTCT-nitrite-Fe2+ was observed on nitrifying bacteria biofilms in PBS at pH 6.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Author keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Biofilms,Catalysis,Coordination Complexes,Copper,Ferrous Compounds,Hydrogen-Ion Concentration,Iron,Nitric Oxide,Nitrification,Nitrites,Nitrosomonadaceae,Polyvinyl Chloride,Reducing Agents,Water Supply[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Indexed keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Antibiofilm,Biofilm,Catalyst,Copper,Iron,Nitric oxide[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Funding details” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]This research was supported under Australian Research Council’s Linkage Projects funding scheme ( LP110100459 ). We would like to thank Chemson Pacific Pty. Ltd. for the provision of polyvinyl chloride and Australian Water Quality Centre (SA Water) and Western Australia Water Corporation for the financial support. The authors would also like to thank Dr Jay Hyun-Suk Oh and A/Prof Scott A. Rice (Nanyang Technological University) for the assistance on the NO generation experiment. The authors also acknowledge the support from Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”DOI” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]https://doi.org/10.1016/j.niox.2018.01.005[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]Widget Plumx[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]