Potential of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from aluminium-contaminated site in aluminium removal and recovery from wastewater

Ipung Fitri Purwanti, Setyo Budi Kurniawan, Muhammad Fauzul Imron*

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Abstract

This paper discusses the potential of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in treating aluminium containing wastewater and aluminium recovery potential from the produced biomass. The species of P. aeruginosa was isolated from aluminium contaminated site. This isolate had characteristics of acid resistant up to pH 5 and aluminium resistant up to 250 mg/L. Aluminium removal test showed that the isolated P. aeruginosa removed up to 46.08 ± 1.95% of 50mg/L aluminium initial concentration from wastewater. The potential of aluminium recovered from cells biomass reached 34.2 ± 4.25% with centrifugation and 16.8 ± 3.02% without centrifugation. Further application in real condition should accommodate the settling velocity of bacteria and aluminium precipitation during treatment, in order to achieve high removal and recovery efficiency.

Original languageEnglish
Article number100422
JournalEnvironmental Technology and Innovation
Volume15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2019

Keywords

  • Aluminium recovery
  • Aluminium removal
  • Bacteria
  • Biological treatment
  • pH

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