@article{d680923952004a4a819f245530db7249,
title = "Cold plasma oxidation of harmful algae and associated metabolite BMAA toxin in aqueous suspension",
abstract = "We report experiments in which reactive oxygen species (ROS) from a 20 kHz HV discharge in Ar/O2 (90/10) gas mixture at atmospheric pressure were directly bubbled into highly concentrated aqueous suspensions of cyanobacteria Dolichospermum, green algae Scenedesmus and BMAA toxin, simulating extreme algal blooms. It has been found that even quite short treatment durations, up to 6 min, could greatly reduce the numbers of viable cells and completely destroy the BMAA toxin. Perhaps even more important, “plasma-activated water” (PAW) was found to continue its effectiveness after 24 h, even 4 days after terminating the discharge.",
keywords = "BMAA, cold atmospheric-pressure plasma, cyanobacteria, cyanotoxin, harmful algal bloom, oxidation, plasma-activated water (PAW), ROS",
author = "Bernard Nisol and Sean Watson and Yves Leblanc and Saber Moradinejad and Wertheimer, {Michael R.} and Arash Zamyadi",
note = "Funding Information: The authors gratefully acknowledge support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), “Algal Blooms, Treatment, Risk Assessment, Prediction and Prevention through Genomics (ATRAPP) − Genome Quebec and Genome Canada,” The Water Research Foundation, and Dr. Eric Wert from Southern Nevada Water Authority. The authors thank Dr. Francesco Tampieri, Professors C. Paradisi and E. Marotta for helpful private communications and advice prior to publication of their article. Funding Information: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; Water Research Foundation Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim",
year = "2019",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1002/ppap.201800137",
language = "English",
volume = "16",
journal = "Plasma Processes and Polymers",
issn = "1612-8850",
publisher = "Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA",
number = "2",
}