Batch adsorption studies to determine adsorption kinetics of Escherichia coli (E.coli) K12 and Staphylococcus aureus (S.aureus) SH 1000 bacterial cells on single-walled carbon nanotube aggregates were performed at two different initial concentrations. The diffusivity of E. coli cells in single-walled carbon nanotube aggregates obtained was 6.54 × 10−9 and 8.98 × 10–9 cm2/s, whereas that of S. aureus was between 1.00 × 10–7 and 1.66 × 10–7 cm2/s respectively. In addition to batch adsorption studies, electron microscopy studies were also conducted. The results suggest that diffusion kinetics of bacterial cells is concentration dependent as well as bacteria dependent. Diffusivity of S. aureus is two orders of magnitude greater than E. coli cells. This proves to be beneficial from an adsorption perspective where it is desired to filter microorganisms (water pretreatment and wastewater post treatment) and from nanotube biosensor perspective where it is desired to simultaneously capture and detect biothreat agents in a shorter span of time.
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July 01 2008
Adsorption kinetics of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus on single-walled carbon nanotube aggregates
Venkata K. K. Upadhyayula;
Venkata K. K. Upadhyayula
1Department of Chemical Engineering, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, MSC 3805, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA
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Shuguang Deng;
1Department of Chemical Engineering, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, MSC 3805, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA
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Martha C. Mitchell;
Martha C. Mitchell
1Department of Chemical Engineering, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, MSC 3805, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA
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Geoffrey B. Smith;
Geoffrey B. Smith
2Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, MSC 3805, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA
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Vinod K. Nair;
Vinod K. Nair
1Department of Chemical Engineering, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, MSC 3805, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA
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Soumitra Ghoshroy
Soumitra Ghoshroy
3Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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Water Sci Technol (2008) 58 (1): 179–184.
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Venkata K. K. Upadhyayula, Shuguang Deng, Martha C. Mitchell, Geoffrey B. Smith, Vinod K. Nair, Soumitra Ghoshroy; Adsorption kinetics of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus on single-walled carbon nanotube aggregates. Water Sci Technol 1 July 2008; 58 (1): 179–184. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2008.634
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