DEGRADATION OF MICROPOLLUTANT CEPHALEXIN BY ULTRAVIOLET (UV) AND ASSESSMENT OF RESIDUAL ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS

Degradation of micropollutant cephalexin by ultraviolet (UV) and assessment of residual antimicrobial activity of transformation products

Cephalexin (CEX) is an antibiotic commonly used to treat bacterial infections in humans and animals.However, it is also a micropollutant.Thus, this study evaluated the degradation of CEX using ultraviolet irradiation (UV-C) and analyzed the by-products as well as their residual antimicrobial activity.A reactor with a mercury vapor lamp was used for

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Stimulation and Isolation of Paraphysoderma sedebokerense (Blastocladiomycota) Propagules and Their Infection Capacity Toward Their Host Under Different Physiological and Environmental Conditions

Paraphysoderma sedebokerense (P.sedebokerense) (Blastocladiomycota) is a facultative pathogenic chytrid that causes irreversible damage to some green microalgae.Specific attacks leading to culture collapse under different conditions have only been described in the lucrative microalga Haematococcus pluvialis (H.pluvialis), while generating biomass f

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