Flocculating property of extracellular polymeric substance derived from a marine photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodovulum sp.

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 625-629

  Watanabe, Masanori ^a   Suzuki, Yumiko ^a   Sasaki, Ken ^b   Nakashimada, Yutaka ^a   Nishio, Naomichi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extracellular polymeric substance; Flocculating activity; Rhodovulum sp.; Schulze Hardy rule; Weak anionic high polymer

Indexed keywords

CATION; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CELL SEPARATION; FLOCCULATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; RHODOVULUM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOVULUM; RHODOVULUM SP.;

EID: 0033013647     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(99)80125-X     Document Type: Article

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