Novel myco-coagulant produced by lentinus squarrosulus for removal of water turbidity: fungal identification and flocculant characterization

Nessa, Jebun and Alam, Md Zahangir and Mamun, Abdullah Al and Ahmad Raus, Raha (2022) Novel myco-coagulant produced by lentinus squarrosulus for removal of water turbidity: fungal identification and flocculant characterization. Journal of Fungi, 8 (2). pp. 2-13. E-ISSN 2309-608X

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Abstract

Several river water fungal strains (RWF-1 to RWF-6) were isolated to investigate the potential of having coagulant properties from the metabolites produced by the fungus. The myco-coagulant produced from the liquid-state process was characterized and tested for flocculation of kaolin water. Molecular identification of the fungal strain isolated from river water and characterization of the myco-coagulant produced by the strain are presented in this paper. The genomic DNA of the fungal 18S ribosomal ribonucleic-acid (rRNA) and 28S rRNA genes were used and the species was identified as Lentinus squarrosulus strain 7-4-2 RWF-5. The characterization of myco-coagulant by Fouriertransform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) showed that hydroxyl, carbonyl, amide and amine groups as principal functional groups were present in the new myco-coagulant. The mean zeta potential value of the myco-coagulant was −7.0 mV while the kaolin solution was −25.2 mV. Chemical analyses of the extracellular myco-coagulant revealed that it contained total sugar (5.17 g/L), total carbohydrate (237 mg/L), protein (295.4 mg/L), glucosamine (1.152 mg/L); and exhibited cellulase activity (20 units/L) and laccase activity (6.22 units/L). Elemental analyses of C, H, O, N and S showed that the weight fractions of each element in the myco-coagulant was 40.9, 6.0, 49.8, 1.7 and 1.4%, respectively. The myco-coagulant showed 97% flocculation activity at a dose of 1.8 mg/L, indicating good flocculation performance compared to that of polyaluminum chloride (PAC). The present work revealed that the fungal strain, L. squarrosulus 7-4-2 RWF-5 is able to produce cationic bio-coagulant. The flocculation mechanism of the novel myco-coagulant was a combination of polymer bridging and charge neutralization.

Item Type:	Article (Letter)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Lentinus squarrosulus; myco-coagulant; flocculation mechanism; turbidity; water treatment
Subjects:	T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering > TD169 Environmental protection
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Civil Engineering
Depositing User:	Dr Abdullah Al Mamun
Date Deposited:	09 May 2022 16:39
Last Modified:	22 Sep 2022 14:28
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/97794

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