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ReviewCurrent microbiology2025

An Overview of the Current Approaches in Drug-Resistant Bacterial Removal Within Wastewaters: Can We Move Towards Nanomagnet-Porphyrin Hybrids for Antimicrobial Photodynamic Inactivation (aPDI).

Mbalenhle Kabelo Nhlabathi-Chidi, Neo Mokgadi Mametja, Thabo Thokozani Innocent Nkambule, Usisipho Feleni, Tracy Masebe, Muthumuni Managa

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Review in Current microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Photoinactivation ofRSC advances · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Mbalenhle Kabelo Nhlabathi-ChidiInstitute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability (iNanoWS), Florida Campus, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa, Johannesburg, 1710, South Africa.
Neo Mokgadi MametjaDepartment of Life and Consumer Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES), University of South Africa, Johannesburg, 1710, Florida, South Africa.
Thabo Thokozani Innocent NkambuleInstitute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability (iNanoWS), Florida Campus, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa, Johannesburg, 1710, South Africa.
Usisipho FeleniInstitute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability (iNanoWS), Florida Campus, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa, Johannesburg, 1710, South Africa.
Tracy MasebeDepartment of Life and Consumer Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES), University of South Africa, Johannesburg, 1710, Florida, South Africa.
Muthumuni ManagaInstitute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability (iNanoWS), Florida Campus, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa, Johannesburg, 1710, South Africa. managme@unisa.ac.za.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4578-9861

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rise in the occurrence of drug-resistant bacteria within wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and their dissemination into the ecosystem from the same WWTPs has created a prevalent crisis affecting the integrity of human life and water sources worldwide. Antimicrobial Photodynamic Inactivation (aPDI) can be explored in an effort to address this crisis and preserve natures integrity as it can incorporate environmentally sustainable and cost-effective disinfection strategies within wastewater treatment plants. aPDI is a technique introduced as a strategic approach to inactivate harmful Drug-Resistant Bacteria (DRB) that are ineffectively removed with current wastewater treatment strategies. The incorporation of Nanomagnet-Porphyrin Hybrid (NMPH) based aPDI illustrates notable microbial inactivation and innovatively introduces prospects of achieving affordable and ecologically beneficial disinfection within wastewaters since they can be recycled and reused. Furthermore the added advantage of NMPHs based aPDI lies in the generation of a high quantum yield of cytotoxic

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsBacteriaDisinfectionDrug Resistance, BacterialPhotosensitizing AgentsPorphyrinsWastewaterWater PurificationHumansPhotochemotherapyAnti-Bacterial AgentsPhotosensitizing AgentsPorphyrinsWastewater

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PMID40251299
PMCPMC12008068

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