{"title":"Perspectives on Coupling Nonthermal Plasma Generated in Gas–Liquid Water Environments with Microbes","authors":"Bruce R. Locke, Erin Petkus, Cesar Rodriguez","doi":"10.1007/s11090-024-10530-3","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The large natural metabolic diversity of microorganisms has allowed them to survive in very harsh conditions of high temperature, high ionizing radiation, and high concentrations of reactive chemical species. The environment of low temperature plasma generated with liquids is comparable to many natural conditions (high temperature, highly oxidative, presence of various types of radiation) and thus suggests microbes can evolve or be engineered to not only survive but thrive in such extreme conditions. The evidence from the literature and previous work suggests that the in-situ coupling of engineered and evolved strains of bacteria with low temperature plasma generated with liquid water may provide enhanced functionality with respect to organic chemical reactions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":734,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing","volume":"45 1","pages":"463 - 483"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11090-024-10530-3","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The large natural metabolic diversity of microorganisms has allowed them to survive in very harsh conditions of high temperature, high ionizing radiation, and high concentrations of reactive chemical species. The environment of low temperature plasma generated with liquids is comparable to many natural conditions (high temperature, highly oxidative, presence of various types of radiation) and thus suggests microbes can evolve or be engineered to not only survive but thrive in such extreme conditions. The evidence from the literature and previous work suggests that the in-situ coupling of engineered and evolved strains of bacteria with low temperature plasma generated with liquid water may provide enhanced functionality with respect to organic chemical reactions.
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Publishing original papers on fundamental and applied research in plasma chemistry and plasma processing, the scope of this journal includes processing plasmas ranging from non-thermal plasmas to thermal plasmas, and fundamental plasma studies as well as studies of specific plasma applications. Such applications include but are not limited to plasma catalysis, environmental processing including treatment of liquids and gases, biological applications of plasmas including plasma medicine and agriculture, surface modification and deposition, powder and nanostructure synthesis, energy applications including plasma combustion and reforming, resource recovery, coupling of plasmas and electrochemistry, and plasma etching. Studies of chemical kinetics in plasmas, and the interactions of plasmas with surfaces are also solicited. It is essential that submissions include substantial consideration of the role of the plasma, for example, the relevant plasma chemistry, plasma physics or plasma–surface interactions; manuscripts that consider solely the properties of materials or substances processed using a plasma are not within the journal’s scope.