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. 2022 Jul 22;204(8):513. doi: 10.1007/s00203-022-03121-3

Table 3.

Various processes/treatments used for the reduction of Pepper Mild Mottle Virus (PMMoV)

Process or treatment Country Log10 reduction Initial viral concentration Viral concentration after treatment References
CAP (Novel technology for inactivation of PMMoV in water) Slovenia ND 3 min–4.90 × 105 1.26 × 105 Filipić et al. (2021)
5.29 × 105 5.92 × 104
5.29 × 105 3.96 × 104
5 min–4.90 × 105 1.08 × 105
5.29 × 105 2.02 × 104
5.29 × 105 1.36 × 104
Gas Slovenia ND 5 min–5.05 × 105 5.07 × 105 Filipić et al. (2021)
Bardenpho US > 2.7 ± 1.6 ND ND Schmitz et al. (2016)
Soil aquifer treatment (SAT) Tucson, Arizona EW-008A–5.8 ND ND Morrison et al. (2020)
WR-398A–5.8
WR-069B > 6.2
Thermal treatment Japan 60 °C–1.1-Log10 ND ND Shirasaki et al. (2020)
Coagulation sedimentation, Ozonation Japan 2.38 ± 0.74 ND ND Kato et al. (2018)
1.91 ± 1.18
Coagulation sedimentation Bangkok Rainy season–0.40 ± 0.17 log10 ND ND Asami et al. (2016)
Dry season–1.61 ± log10
Bench-scale coagulation sedimentation and rapid sand filtration processes Japan ND ND Kato et al. (2018)
Before typhoon 1.96 ± 0.30 log10
During typhoon 0.26 ± 0.38 log10
Activated sludge Germany 1.7–3.7 ND ND Hamza et al. (2011)
Sequential batch reactor (SBR) Vietnam 0.92 ND ND Kuroda et al. (2015)

ND not done; EW production well; WR monitoring well