Quorum sensing based membrane biofouling control for water treatment: A review

Siddiqui, Muhammad Faisal; Rzechowicz, Miles; Winters, Harvey; Zularisam, A. W.; Anthony, G Fane

doi:10.1016/j.jwpe.2015.06.003

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“…Regardless, QQ can be achieved in three ways: (i) blocking synthesis of autoinducers; (ii) interfering with signal receptors; and (iii) degrading the autoinducers [84]. The first approach has been studied in a number of instances but not widely used [85,86,87], as blocking the synthesis of autoinducers in vivo within the cells is difficult to achieve.…”

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“…Immobilization or encapsulation of bacterial hosts secreting QQ enzymes in magnetic carriers, beads, or hollow-fiber vessels has been previously applied to achieve lower membrane fouling in wastewater treatment systems [84,116,117]. It is proposed that such a strategy would allow continuous growth and self-replenishment of the bacterial source and enzymes within the system.…”

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Quorum Sensing and the Use of Quorum Quenchers as Natural Biocides to Inhibit Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria

2016

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Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) are one of the main protagonist groups of biocorrosion in the seawater environment. Given their principal role in biocorrosion, it remains a crucial task to develop strategies to reduce the abundance of SRBs. Conventional approaches include the use of biocides and antibiotics, which can impose health, safety, and environmental concerns. This review examines an alternative approach to this problem. This is achieved by reviewing the role of quorum sensing (QS) in SRB populations and its impact on the biofilm formation process. Genome databases of SRBs are mined to look for putative QS systems and homologous protein sequences representative of autoinducer receptors or synthases. Subsequently, this review puts forward the potential use of quorum quenchers as natural biocides against SRBs and outlines the potential strategies for the implementation of this approach.

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Quorum Sensing and the Use of Quorum Quenchers as Natural Biocides to Inhibit Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria

2016

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“…However, the widespread application of MBR is severely affected by membrane fouling caused by organic, inorganic or colloidal substances (Amy, 2008;Kim et al, 2012). Among various types of fouling, biofouling caused by formation of biocake (or deposition of microbial flocs) on the membrane surface, has attracted a great deal of attention due to its strong negative effects including, but not limited to, membrane clogging resulting in low treatment efficiency (Lee et al, 2014;Siddiqui et al, 2015).…”

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Microbial population dynamics and profiling of quorum sensing agents in membrane bioreactor

Waheed

Hashmi

Khan

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International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation

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“…Thus, water treatment is becoming an important solution for overcoming the shortage of drinking water. Water treatment processes are the removal of contaminants from untreated water to produce pure water for human utilization [6] [7]. Substances that are evacuated amid the procedure of drinking water treatment can be classified into three classifications [7] [8]: Suspended solids, Dissolved matter and Biological matter.…”

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“…The contaminants of water for the most part originate from nature, from the treatment process itself or from the transportation technique. Contaminants may be Mineral Pollutants, Organic Pollutants, Biological Pollutants, Suspended solids, Dissolved matter and Biological organisms [6]- [9]. Also of the WHO rules, every nation or domain can have their own particular rules.…”

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Performance Evaluation and Design of RO Desalination Plant: Case Study

Abdel‐Fatah¹,

El–Gendi²,

Ashour³

2016

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The aim of this paper is to design a water desalination plant using Reverse Osmosis membrane to treat salt water to be usable for drinkable, domestic, industrial or agricultural uses. RO unit is designed to conservative standards for versatility in the event of feed water quality variations. The design includes a feed water flush cycle to minimize membrane fouling and piping corrosion during shutdown. The system will be all appropriate controls and instrumentation for automatic operation. All system components are available and of heavy duty industrial design and fabricated with the highest quality workmanship. Quality control will be maintained throughout all manufacturing processes. The system will produce permeate water minimum of 3600 m 3 /day with a quality of approximately 100 ppm total dissolved solids (TDS) when operating on well feed water with a 10,000 ppm TDS and a temperature of 25 -30 degrees C. The design permeate recovery is 50%; and energy recovery device which saves $30,556.28/year.

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Quorum sensing based membrane biofouling control for water treatment: A review

Cited by 95 publications

References 118 publications

Quorum Sensing and the Use of Quorum Quenchers as Natural Biocides to Inhibit Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria

Quorum Sensing and the Use of Quorum Quenchers as Natural Biocides to Inhibit Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria

Microbial population dynamics and profiling of quorum sensing agents in membrane bioreactor

Performance Evaluation and Design of RO Desalination Plant: Case Study

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