Valorization of spent Aureobasidium pullulans for the removal of toxic pollutant in wastewater treatment

Textile industries are growing rapidly due to increased demand for textile products worldwide. The discharge of textile effluent containing synthetic dyes, chlorides, pigments, aromatic compounds, and heavy metals contributes substantially to water pollution due to its toxicity and chemical composit...

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Main Authors: T. Ramashree, Sameeha Syed Abdul Rahman, Saroja Pasupathi, Karthikeyan Asaithambi, Mahalakshmi Mathivanan, Sugumaran Karuppiah
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Published: Elsevier 2024-01-01
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author T. Ramashree
Sameeha Syed Abdul Rahman
Saroja Pasupathi
Karthikeyan Asaithambi
Mahalakshmi Mathivanan
Sugumaran Karuppiah
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description Textile industries are growing rapidly due to increased demand for textile products worldwide. The discharge of textile effluent containing synthetic dyes, chlorides, pigments, aromatic compounds, and heavy metals contributes substantially to water pollution due to its toxicity and chemical composition. This work is focused on the potential usage of treated Aureobasidium pullulans biomass (TAPB) to remove the toxic chemical pollutant, Methylene Blue (MB), from an aqueous solution. Experimental results found that maximum MB removal of 76.5% was observed using TAPB dosage of 3 ​g/L, initial pH 8.0, temperature 30 ​°C, and initial MB concentration of 50 ​mg/L. The maximum biosorption capacity of TAPB was found to be 113.75 ​mg/g using the Langmuir non-linear approach. Successive biosorption and desorption experiments showed better regeneration capacity of TAPB until the fourth trial. These results demonstrated that maximum MB removal (%) could be possible with a small quantity of biomass, consequently offering a minimum size of the contactor and less capital cost requirement for biosorption. It also showed a greater regeneration capacity biosorbent for removing MB. Hence, the feedstock consumption for MB removal could be considerably decreased in large-scale processes.
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spelling doaj-art-43a16d91cd714eaa89de9664827d0afd2025-08-20T03:26:35ZengElsevierKuwait Journal of Science2307-41162024-01-01511100123https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kjs.2023.08.006Valorization of spent Aureobasidium pullulans for the removal of toxic pollutant in wastewater treatmentT. Ramashree0Sameeha Syed Abdul Rahman1Saroja Pasupathi2Karthikeyan Asaithambi3Mahalakshmi Mathivanan4Sugumaran Karuppiah5Bioprocess Engineering Laboratory, Centre for Bioenergy, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed to be University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, IndiaBioprocess Engineering Laboratory, Centre for Bioenergy, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed to be University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, IndiaBioprocess Engineering Laboratory, Centre for Bioenergy, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed to be University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, IndiaCentre for Bioenergy, School of Civil Engineering, SASTRA Deemed to be University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, IndiaCentre for Bioenergy, School of Civil Engineering, SASTRA Deemed to be University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, IndiaBioprocess Engineering Laboratory, Centre for Bioenergy, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed to be University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, IndiaTextile industries are growing rapidly due to increased demand for textile products worldwide. The discharge of textile effluent containing synthetic dyes, chlorides, pigments, aromatic compounds, and heavy metals contributes substantially to water pollution due to its toxicity and chemical composition. This work is focused on the potential usage of treated Aureobasidium pullulans biomass (TAPB) to remove the toxic chemical pollutant, Methylene Blue (MB), from an aqueous solution. Experimental results found that maximum MB removal of 76.5% was observed using TAPB dosage of 3 ​g/L, initial pH 8.0, temperature 30 ​°C, and initial MB concentration of 50 ​mg/L. The maximum biosorption capacity of TAPB was found to be 113.75 ​mg/g using the Langmuir non-linear approach. Successive biosorption and desorption experiments showed better regeneration capacity of TAPB until the fourth trial. These results demonstrated that maximum MB removal (%) could be possible with a small quantity of biomass, consequently offering a minimum size of the contactor and less capital cost requirement for biosorption. It also showed a greater regeneration capacity biosorbent for removing MB. Hence, the feedstock consumption for MB removal could be considerably decreased in large-scale processes.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2307410823001487aureobasidium pullulansbiosorptioncharacterizationmethylene bluethermodynamics
spellingShingle T. Ramashree
Sameeha Syed Abdul Rahman
Saroja Pasupathi
Karthikeyan Asaithambi
Mahalakshmi Mathivanan
Sugumaran Karuppiah
Valorization of spent Aureobasidium pullulans for the removal of toxic pollutant in wastewater treatment
Kuwait Journal of Science
aureobasidium pullulans
biosorption
characterization
methylene blue
thermodynamics
title Valorization of spent Aureobasidium pullulans for the removal of toxic pollutant in wastewater treatment
title_full Valorization of spent Aureobasidium pullulans for the removal of toxic pollutant in wastewater treatment
title_fullStr Valorization of spent Aureobasidium pullulans for the removal of toxic pollutant in wastewater treatment
title_full_unstemmed Valorization of spent Aureobasidium pullulans for the removal of toxic pollutant in wastewater treatment
title_short Valorization of spent Aureobasidium pullulans for the removal of toxic pollutant in wastewater treatment
title_sort valorization of spent aureobasidium pullulans for the removal of toxic pollutant in wastewater treatment
topic aureobasidium pullulans
biosorption
characterization
methylene blue
thermodynamics
url https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2307410823001487
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