THE EFFECTS OF PH AND TEMPERATURE ON ORTHOPHOSPHATE REMOVAL BY IMMOBILIZED CHLORELLA-VULGARIS

Authors
YAN G YU JY WANG YX
Citation
G. Yan et al., THE EFFECTS OF PH AND TEMPERATURE ON ORTHOPHOSPHATE REMOVAL BY IMMOBILIZED CHLORELLA-VULGARIS, Biotechnology letters, 18(8), 1996, pp. 893-896
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Biotechnology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01415492
Volume
18
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
893 - 896
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-5492(1996)18:8<893:TEOPAT>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
When Chlorella vulgaris was immobilized in calcium alginate beads, it removed more than 90% phosphate (10mg P/L) added to artificial wastewa ter at pH 3 to 9 and from 10 to 30 degrees C. Free cells, however, onl y removed 40-60% of added phosphate at low pH (3-5) and at 10 degrees C. Immobilized C. vulgaris is shown to have great potentialities for r emoving phosphate from low pH wastewater and at low temperature.