Isolation, identification and biodiversity of antiscalant degrading seawater bacteria using MALDI-TOF-MS and multivariate analysis

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 656; pp. 910 - 920
• Main Authors: Ashfaq, Mohammad Y., Al-Ghouti, Mohammad A., Qiblawey, Hazim, Rodrigues, Debora F., Hu, Yandi, Zouari, Nabil
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.03.2019
• Subjects: Acrylates - metabolism; Antiscalant degrading bacteria; bacteria; Bacteria - classification; Bacteria - growth & development; Bacteria - isolation & purification; Bacteria - metabolism; biodegradation; biodiversity; biofouling; carbon; desalination; economic impact; energy; Filtration; MALDI-TOF-MS; Maleates - metabolism; matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization mass spectrometry; Membranes, Artificial; microbial growth; Microbiota; Microorganisms; Multivariate analysis; principal component analysis; Qatar; reverse osmosis; salts; seawater; Seawater - microbiology; Seawater reverse osmosis; Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; Water Purification; Qatar; Microorganisms; MALDI-TOF-MS; Multivariate analysis; Seawater reverse osmosis; Antiscalant degrading bacteria

Seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) is a commonly used desalination technique owing to its lesser environmental and economic impacts as compared to thermal desalination techniques. Antiscalants are used in SWRO to reduce membrane scaling caused by the supersaturation of salts present in feed water. Howe...