Probing the intracellular organic matters released from the photocatalytic inactivation of bacteria using fractionation procedure and excitation-emission-matrix fluorescence
First use of fractionation procedure and PARAFAC analysis to study IOM of E. coli. Released IOM decelerated the inactivation rate during photocatalytic inactivation. Four components were found in EEM-PARAFAC analysis. Toxicity occurred during inactivation then decreased with prolonged reaction time. Toxicity was found to positively correlate with one EEM-PARAFAC components.