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cord-269607-xh1hu3k4	Dhir, Bhupinder	Effective control of waterborne pathogens by aquatic plants	2020-02-14		.txt	text/plain	7252	421	42	Both dispersed growth and attached growth biological wastewater treatment systems assist in removal of pathogens but require high hydraulic retention time (HRT) (average time water molecules stay in the system) and continuous feeding of organic matter and nutrients. Biofilms present in the plant roots are believed to supply a more effective substrate for removal of bacteria through various methods such as mechanical filtration, sedimentation, adsorption, die-off, predation, and antibiotic excretion (Soto et al., 1999; Karathanasis et al., 2003) Removal (83%e94%) of pathogen especially coliform and enteric bacteria by surface flow constructed wetlands has been reported earlier (Perkins and Hunter, 2000) . Predation is another mechanism that plays an important role in the removal of bacteria, protozoan (oocysts), and fecal coliforms from wastewater in constructed wetlands (Mandi et al., 1993; Green et al., 1997) . High removal efficiency 2 to 4 log 10 (99% to 100%) of pathogens particularly bacteria, viruses, protozoa (cysts), and helminths (eggs) from wastewater has been noted in vegetated constructed wetlands.	./cache/cord-269607-xh1hu3k4.txt	./txt/cord-269607-xh1hu3k4.txt