Concomitant inactivation of Acanthamoeba spp. and Escherichia coli using suspended and immobilized TiO

This work reports the application of photocatalytic disinfection to the inactivation of Acanthamoeba trophozoites, a free-living pathogenic amoeba. Two types of photocatalytic reactors configurations have been used: i) a slurry reactor using suspended titanium dioxide (TiO