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Production of Bioflocculant by Staphylococcus cohnii ssp. from Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME)

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Staphylococcus cohnii ssp. was found to produce a bioflocculant with high flocculating activity for kaolin suspension. Using optimized culture conditions, a flocculating activity of 70.3 % at a bioflocculation concentration of 0.3 mg/L at pH 7 with Ca2+ as the cation and 88.9 % in 1.2 mg/L of bioflocculant concentration for Al3+ as the cation was obtained for bacteria that were incubated at temperature of 40 °C for 2-day incubation period. It was found to be effective for flocculation of a kaolin suspension over weakly acidic pH (6–8); divalent and trivalent (Ca2+ and Al3+) enhanced the flocculating activity. This bioflocculant possesses a good flocculating activity, which can be promoted by the addition of trivalent and bivalent cations in kaolin suspension.

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Abbreviations

AlCl3 :

Aluminum chloride

Alum:

Aluminum sulphate

B3:

Bioflocculant-producing bacteria strain type 3

°C:

Degree celsius

CaCl2 :

Calcium chloride

g:

Gram

KCl:

Potassium chloride

L:

Liter

mg:

Milligram

MgSO4·7H2O:

Magnesium sulphate heptahydrate

mL:

Milliliter

POME:

Palm oil mill effluent

SEM:

Scanning electron microscope

sp:

Species

ssp:

Single species

w/v :

Weight over volume

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The authors would like to express their thanks for the support of the Project for School of Environmental Engineering of the University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), MALPOM Industries Sdn Bhd and financial support from UniMAP short-term grant and Malaysian Government Institution of Higher Education grant.

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  1. School of Environmental Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Kompleks Pusat Pengajian Jejawi 3, 02600, Arau, Perlis, Malaysia

    Yee-Shian Wong, Soon-An Ong, L. Nabilah Aminah & Kasthuri Kumaran

  2. School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Gelugor, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

    Yee-Shian Wong & Tjoon-Tow Teng

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Wong, YS., Ong, SA., Teng, TT. et al. Production of Bioflocculant by Staphylococcus cohnii ssp. from Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME). Water Air Soil Pollut 223, 3775–3781 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-012-1147-z

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