Effect of surface physicochemical properties on the flocculation behavior of Bacillus licheniformis
| Autor: | Fen Tan, You-Im Chang, Yuanpeng Wang, Ning He, Chuan-Jian Zhong, Zhen Chen, Qingbiao Li, Zhi Wang, Lijie Yang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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chemistry.chemical_classification
Flocculation Chromatography biology Scanning electron microscope General Chemical Engineering 02 engineering and technology General Chemistry 010501 environmental sciences 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology biology.organism_classification Polysaccharide 01 natural sciences chemistry X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy Chemical engineering Transmission electron microscopy Ionic strength DLVO theory Bacillus licheniformis 0210 nano-technology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | RSC Advances. 7:16049-16056 |
| ISSN: | 2046-2069 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c6ra28057a |
| Popis: | The flocculation behaviors of B. licheniformis CGMCC 2876 under different culture conditions were studied in this paper. In the non-bioflocculant producing process, the flocculability of B. licheniformis was enhanced with an increase of ionic strength from 0.001 to 0.3 M, and similar results were observed with the decrease of pH from 7 to 4. The interfacial free energy between cells was 38.8 mJ m−2, suggesting the cells with hydrophilic surfaces repelled each other. In the bioflocculant producing process, extended DLVO theory was adopted to describe the flocculation behavior. The changes in the flocculation behavior of bacterial cells were primarily attributed to the hydrophobic attraction energy interaction between cells with the lowest value of −104.1 mJ m−2. Combined with scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis, the cell auto-flocculation of B. licheniformis was finally attributed to the hydrophobic polysaccharide secreted as a cell capsule, which led to an increased surface hydrophobicity, thus increasing the flocculation potential. |
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