Combined effects of long-living chemical species during microbial inactivation using atmospheric plasma-treated water.
Electrical discharges in humid air at atmospheric pressure (nonthermal quenched plasma) generate long-lived chemical species in water that are efficient for microbial decontamination. The major role of nitrites was evidenced together with a synergistic effect of nitrates and H(2)O(2) and matching acidification. Other possible active compounds are considered, e.g., peroxynitrous acid.
Naïtali
Murielle
M
AgroParisTech, INRA, UMR1319 Micalis, Equipe B2HM, Massy, France. murielle.naitali@agroparistech.fr
Kamgang-Youbi
Georges
G
Herry
Jean-Marie
JM
Bellon-Fontaine
Marie-Noëlle
MN
Brisset
Jean-Louis
JL
D004202:Disinfectants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004560:Electricity; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D050296:Microbial Viability / Q000187:drug effects*; D009566:Nitrates / Q000494:pharmacology; D009573:Nitrites / Q000494:pharmacology; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*
D004202:Disinfectants; D009566:Nitrates; D009573:Nitrites; D014867:Water; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide