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ArticleMicroorganisms2022

Antiscalants Used in Seawater Desalination: Biodegradability and Effects on Microbial Diversity.

Ashraf Al-Ashhab, Amer Sweity, Luna Al-Hadidi, Moshe Herzberg, Zeev Ronen

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Article in Microorganisms, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
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What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Ashraf Al-AshhabThe Dead Sea and Arava Science Center, Masada 86190, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-3716-2279
Amer SweityNational Agriculture Research Center (NARC), Baqa'a 19381, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0002-6272-2493
Luna Al-HadidiNational Agriculture Research Center (NARC), Baqa'a 19381, Jordan.
Moshe HerzbergZuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boker Campus, Midreshet Ben-Gurion 8499000, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-7065-0824
Zeev RonenZuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boker Campus, Midreshet Ben-Gurion 8499000, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-8399-4295
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev · ILNational Energy Research Center · JO

Funding

Israel Governmental Authority for Water and Sewage 4500445435
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antiscalants are organic polymers widely used for scale inhibition in seawater desalination. While they are susceptible to biodegradation, they provide nutrients for bacterial cell growth and energy for the microbes that assimilate and degrade them. This paper shows the biodegradability of three commercial antiscalants (polyacrylate-CA, polyphosphonate-PP, and carboxylated dendrimers-DN) applied in seawater reverse osmosis desalination (SWRO) as well as analyzing the antiscalant's effects on microbial diversity using microbial cultures grown in seawater, under semi-continuous batch conditions. Nutritional uptake and contribution of the antiscalants to microbial growth were investigated by measuring DOC, TDN, NO

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antiscalantsbiodegradationdesalinationmicrobial diversity

Identifiers

PMID36013998
PMCPMC9414044
OpenAlexW4290720141

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