Characterization of an exopolymeric flocculant produced by a Brachybacterium sp.

Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1237-1254

  Nwodo, Uchechukwu U ^a   Agunbiade, Mayowa O ^a   Green, Ezekiel ^a   Nwamadi, Mutshinyalo ^b   Rumbold, Karl ^c   Okoh, Anthony I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bioflocculant; Biopolymer; Brachybacterium; Flocculation activity; Pyrolysis; Uronic acid

Indexed keywords

BIOFLOCCULANTS; BRACHYBACTERIUM; FERMENTATION CONDITIONS; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; INCUBATION TEMPERATURES; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; THE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES (SEM); URONIC ACIDS;

BACTERIA; BIOPOLYMERS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PH EFFECTS; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UREA;

FLOCCULATION;

EID: 84880116716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma6041237     Document Type: Article

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