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SUBMITTER: Eggensperger CG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7066645 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Eggensperger Christina G CG Giagnorio Mattia M Holland Marcus C MC Dobosz Kerianne M KM Schiffman Jessica D JD Tiraferri Alberto A Zodrow Katherine R KR
Environmental science & technology letters 20200213 3
As demand for clean water increases, there is a growing need for effective sustainable water treatment systems. We used the symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast (SCOBY) that forms while brewing kombucha tea as a living water filtration membrane (LFM). The LFMs function as ultrafiltration membranes with a permeability of 135 ± 25 L m<sup>-2</sup> h<sup>-1</sup> bar<sup>-1</sup> and a 90% rejection of 30 nm nanoparticles. Because they contain living microorganisms that produce cellulose fibers, ...[more]