Bioflocculation of pollutants in wastewater using flocculant derived from Providencia huaxiensis OR794369.1

BMC Microbiology

Table 3 Effect of concentration, cations and pH on FA of the bioflocculant

Concentration (mg/mL)	%FA	Cations	%FA	pH	%FA
0.2	85 ± 3.7^a	No cation	49 ± 2.2^b	4	90 ± 3.3^c
0.4	87 ± 2.8^a	Na⁺	88 ± 4.6^a	5	88 ± 2.1^a,c
0.6	85 ± 4.6^a	Li⁺	87 ± 2.4^a	6	84 ± 0.8^a
0.8	85 ± 3.5^a	K⁺	86 ± 4.6^a	7	85 ± 3.7^a
		Ca²⁺	87 ± 2.8^a	8	78 ± 2.4^a,b
		Mg²⁺	86 ± 2.1^a	9	77 ± 3.3^b
		Mn²⁺	84 ± 5.9^a	10	71 ± 0.7^b
		Fe³⁺	83 ± 5.3^a

The superscripts (a, b and c) show the statistically significant (p < 0.05); similar letters illustrate no statistical difference (p > 0.05)

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