317194

Biological removal of phosphate from synthetic wastewater using Enterobacter cloacae.

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Wastewater treatment

Abstract

Phragmites australis may be considered one of the plants used a lot in treating areas contaminated with phosphate, it contains a strong microbial community that can be used in treating areas contaminated with phosphates including Enterobacter cloacae, as used in this study. This study aims to use Enterobacter cloacae isolated during the summer of 2019 from Phragmites australis from the Kima drain located in Ezzbet El- Nahda in Kima, Aswan Governorate, for removing phosphate in synthetic wastewater. These bacteria were tested for their phosphate removal efficiency using the MIC assay. The highest growth of Enterobacter cloacae in the synthetic wastewater supplied with a concentration of (900) mg/l of phosphate after 72 hours of treatment was (0.350), and the change in pH after 72 hours of treatment was (7.1), and the remaining phosphate in Synthetic wastewater after 72 hours of biological treatment with Enterobacter cloacae and using a carbon source such as glucose and pH (7.9) was (530.33) mg/l with a removal rate of (41.074%). Thus, we found that Enterobacter cloacae achieved high efficiency in removing phosphates from the synthetic wastewater, despite the presence of phosphates in high concentrations close to the MIC (Minimum Inhibitory concentration). Thus, Enterobacter cloacae use pollutants as nutrients and can be used to treat environments contaminated with phosphates.

DOI

10.21608/aujes.2023.222742.1174

Keywords

bioremediation of phosphate, Enterobacter cloacae, Phragmites australis, and synthetic wastewater

Authors

First Name

Fatma Elzahraa

Last Name

Fathy

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Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Aswan University, Egypt

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fatmaelzahraa231993@gmail.com

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اسوان

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First Name

Salah

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Prof. of Soil microbiology Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Email

hemady.50@yahoo.com

City

Assiut

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First Name

Alshaymaa

Last Name

Ahmed

MiddleName

I.

Affiliation

Associate professor of Agricultural microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt

Email

alshaymaaibrahim@gmail.com

City

Beni-Suef

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Abbas

MiddleName

Tawfik

Affiliation

Department of Agricultural microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Aswan university

Email

mohamed.tawfik@agr.aswu.edu.eg

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aswan

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Volume

4

Article Issue

4

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43526

Issue Date

2023-09-01

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2023-07-13

Publish Date

2023-09-01

Page Start

303

Page End

314

Print ISSN

2735-4229

Online ISSN

2735-4237

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https://aujes.journals.ekb.eg/article_317194.html

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Original Research

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1,615

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Publication Title

Aswan University Journal of Environmental Studies

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https://aujes.journals.ekb.eg/

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Biological removal of phosphate from synthetic wastewater using Enterobacter cloacae.

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28 Dec 2024