Characterization and flocculation efficiency of a bioflocculant produced by a marine Halobacillus

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 2671-2679

  Cosa, Sekelwa ^a   Ugbenyen, Anthony M ^a   Mabinya, Leonard V ^a   Rumbold, Karl ^b   Okoh, Anthony I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bioflocculant; Characterization; Flocculation activity; Glycoprotein; Halobacillus sp

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLARIFICATION; CLAY; FLOCCULATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; PURIFICATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

AFTER-HEAT TREATMENT; AMORPHOUS STRUCTURES; BIOFLOCCULANTS; DEGRADATION TEMPERATURES; FLOCCULATION EFFICIENCY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTRUMS; HALOBACILLUS SP; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS;

BIOHAZARDS;

AMINO ACID; CARBOXYL GROUP; HYDROXYL GROUP;

FLOCCULATION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FLOCCULATION; HALOBACILLUS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

ALGOA BAY; EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

HALOBACILLUS; HALOBACILLUS SP.;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLOCCULATION; HALOBACILLUS; KAOLIN; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84888356518     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2013.786104     Document Type: Article

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