eprintid: 6818 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/68/18 datestamp: 2023-11-09 16:18:37 lastmod: 2023-11-09 16:18:37 status_changed: 2023-11-09 16:07:44 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Aljuboori, A.H.R. creators_name: Uemura, Y. creators_name: Thanh, N.T. title: Flocculation and mechanism of self-flocculating lipid producer microalga Scenedesmus quadricauda for biomass harvesting ispublished: pub keywords: Algae; Biomass; Chlorination; Efficiency; Polymers; Proteins, Bioflocculants; Ferric chloride; Microalgae harvesting; Ph decrease; Scenedesmus quadricauda, Flocculation, biomass; exopolymer; flocculation; green alga; lipid; microalga; pH; polymer; protein; sugar, Scenedesmus quadricauda note: cited By 31 abstract: In this study, the extracellular polymeric substance of Scenedesmus quadricauda called EPS-S.q and its bioflocculatoin mechanism were investigated. Results showed EPS-S.q was successfully used as bioflocculating agent for S. quadricauda biomass harvesting and flocculation efficiency of up to 86.7 to S. quadricauda cells could be achieved in presence of Zn2+. EPS-S.q was the flocculating agent for self-flocculating microalga S. quadricauda and bioflocculation mechanism was polymer bridging. The sugar and protein mass fraction of dry EPS-S.q was sugar 56.7 and protein 41. The infrared spectrum further indicated the presence of hydroxyl, carboxyl and amino groups. Moreover, pH decrease induced the flocculation of S. quadricauda and 78.4 of flocculation efficiency was the highest at pH 3. In addition, chemical flocculant FeCl3 was efficiently used for S. quadricauda harvesting and up to 96.8 of flocculation efficiency could be achieved for S. quadricauda culture with biomass concentration 0.21�0.39 g L�1 at pH 7. © 2016 date: 2016 publisher: Elsevier Ltd official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84976587047&doi=10.1016%2fj.biombioe.2016.06.013&partnerID=40&md5=af5056a8446de54cdd37c8b1ae2d684d id_number: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2016.06.013 full_text_status: none publication: Biomass and Bioenergy volume: 93 pagerange: 38-42 refereed: TRUE issn: 09619534 citation: Aljuboori, A.H.R. and Uemura, Y. and Thanh, N.T. (2016) Flocculation and mechanism of self-flocculating lipid producer microalga Scenedesmus quadricauda for biomass harvesting. Biomass and Bioenergy, 93. pp. 38-42. ISSN 09619534