Water Environment Research Article Examines Mixed Cultures In Biopolymers Production And The Applications To Water And Wastewater Treatment

The open access article for the June 2015 issue of Water Environment Research (WER) examines biopolymers production by mixed culture and their applications in water and wastewater treatment. Conducted by a team of researchers led by Tanaji T. More, the study revealed that the mixed culture consortium could be used for the production of highly efficient flocculants.

“In a recent study on biopolymer production, More and his colleagues took advantage of bacteria’s propensity to form extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in systems that encourage flocculation (e.g., activated sludge),” said WER Editor-in-Chief Tim Ellis. “The authors observed higher EPS production from mixed cultures than from pure cultures isolated from secondary sludge obtained at a treatment plant in Quebec City, Canada. In addition, the polymers extracted from the mixed cultures displayed a greater flocculation activity than the polymers from the pure cultures.”

Selected WER articles such as this one are available free to the public on a monthly basis through an open-access program.Click here to download the open access article, “Biopolymers Production by Mixed Culture and Their Applications in Water and Wastewater Treatment” by Tanaji T. More, Song Yan, Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi, and Rao Y. Surampalli.

Published by the Water Environment Federation (WEF) since 1928, WER is a popular professional journal that features peer-reviewed research papers and research notes, as well as state-of-the-art and critical reviews on original, fundamental, and applied research in all scientific and technical areas related to water quality, pollution control, and management.

Originally known as the Sewage Works Journal, WER is available in both print and online formats and receives approximately 400 new research submissions each year.

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