ArticlePloS one2014
Water filtration using plant xylem.
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15 citing papers in PubMed.
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- The EDEN ISS mobile test facility microbiome changes by cleaning and continued use.Frontiers in microbiomes · 2025Article
- Nanocrystalline iron hydroxide lignocellulose filters for arsenate remediation.RSC sustainability · 2024Article
- Research Advances in Wood Composites in Applications of Industrial Wastewater Purification and Solar-Driven Seawater Desalination.Polymers · 2023Review
- Application of Nanocellulose Biofilter from Pineapple Peel Waste for Water Microbes Removal.Journal of environmental and public health · 2023Article
- Wood and the Activity of Dead Tissue.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2021Review
- Engineering and characterization of gymnosperm sapwood toward enabling the design of water filtration devices.Nature communications · 2021Article
- Dynamic Surface Tension Enhances the Stability of Nanobubbles in Xylem Sap.Frontiers in plant science · 2021Article
- A horizontally acquired expansin gene increases virulence of the emerging plant pathogen Erwinia tracheiphila.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Dual-Functional Porous Wood Filter for Simultaneous Oil/Water Separation and Organic Pollutant Removal.ACS omega · 2020Article
- Enzyme immobilization inside the porous wood structure: a natural scaffold for continuous-flow biocatalysis.RSC advances · 2020Article
- Functional lignocellulosic materials prepared by ATRP from a wood scaffold.Scientific reports · 2016Article
- 3D Oxidized Graphene Frameworks for Efficient Nano Sieving.Scientific reports · 2016Article
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Abstract
Effective point-of-use devices for providing safe drinking water are urgently needed to reduce the global burden of waterborne disease. Here we show that plant xylem from the sapwood of coniferous trees--a readily available, inexpensive, biodegradable, and disposable material--can remove bacteria from water by simple pressure-driven filtration. Approximately 3 cm(3) of sapwood can filter water at the rate of several liters per day, sufficient to meet the clean drinking water needs of one person. The results demonstrate the potential of plant xylem to address the need for pathogen-free drinking water in developing countries and resource-limited settings.
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