Marine Actinobacteria Bioflocculant: A Storehouse of Unique Biotechnological Resources for Wastewater Treatment and Other Applications
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Date
2020-10-30
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MDPI
Abstract
The bioactive compounds produced by actinobacteria have played a major role in
antimicrobials, bioremediation, biofuels, enzymes, and anti-cancer activities. Biodegradable microbial
flocculants have been produced by bacteria, algae, and fungi. Microbial bioflocculants have also
attracted biotechnology importance over chemical flocculants as a result of degradability and
environmentally friendly attributes they possess. Though, freshwater actinobacteria flocculants
have been explored in bioflocculation. Yet, there is a paucity of information on the application
of actinobacteria flocculants isolated from the marine environment. Similarly, marine habitats
that supported the biodiversity of actinobacteria strains in the field of biotechnology have been
underexplored in bioflocculation. Hence, this review reiterates the need to optimize culture conditions
and other parameters that a ect bioflocculant production by using a response surface model or
artificial neural network.
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Staff Publication
Keywords
Marine environment;, actinobacteria;, Flocculating activity;, Bioflocculants;, Application
Citation
Awolusi, O. O., Ademakinwa, A. N., Ojo, A., Erasmus, M., Bux, F., & Agunbiade, M. O. (2020). Marine Actinobacteria Bioflocculant: A Storehouse of Unique Biotechnological Resources for Wastewater Treatment and Other Applications. Applied Sciences, 10(21), 7671. doi:10.3390/app10217671