Modeling the photoinactivation and transport of somatic and F-specific coliphages at a Great Lakes beach.

Autor: Safaie A; Dep. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA., Weiskerger CJ; Dep. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA., Nguyen TD; Dep. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.; Mekong River Commission, Vientiane, Lao PDR., Acrey B; Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Lab., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, GA, 30605, USA., Zepp RG; Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Lab., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, GA, 30605, USA., Molina M; Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Lab., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, GA, 30605, USA., Cyterski M; Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Lab., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, GA, 30605, USA., Whelan G; Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Lab., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, GA, 30605, USA., Pachepsky YA; USDA-ARS, Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Lab., Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA., Phanikumar MS; Dep. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of environmental quality [J Environ Qual] 2020 Nov; Vol. 49 (6), pp. 1612-1623. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Nov 05.
DOI: 10.1002/jeq2.20153
Abstrakt: Fecal indicator organisms (FIOs), such as Escherichia coli and enterococci, are often used as surrogates of contamination in the context of beach management; however, bacteriophages may be more reliable indicators than FIO due to their similarity to viral pathogens in terms of size and persistence in the environment. In the past, mechanistic modeling of environmental contamination has focused on FIOs, with virus and bacteriophage modeling efforts remaining limited. In this paper, we describe the development and application of a fate and transport model of somatic and F-specific coliphages for the Washington Park beach in Lake Michigan, which is affected by riverine outputs from the nearby Trail Creek. A three-dimensional model of coliphage transport and photoinactivation was tested and compared with a previously reported E. coli fate and transport model. The light-based inactivation of the phages was modeled using organism-specific action spectra. Results indicate that the coliphage models outperformed the E. coli model in terms of reliably predicting observed E. coli/coliphage concentrations at the beach. This is possibly due to the presence of additional E. coli sources that were not accounted for in the modeling. The coliphage models can be used to test hypotheses about potential sources and their behavior and for predictive modeling.
(© 2020 The Authors. Journal of Environmental Quality © 2020 American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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