Mixed culture resource recovery from industrial waste glycerin pitch: Microbial analysis and production of bio-flocculants extracellular polymeric substances

• Main Authors: Ng, Wai Lun, Chua, Adeline Seak May, Low, Jiun Hor, Yoon, Li Wan
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2024
• Subjects: TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/45694/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.149074
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Conventional glycerin pitch (GP) waste management strategies exacerbate environmental pollution. Resource recovery from GP has been demonstrated using chemical methods and fermentation using pure cultures, but the use of mixed cultures remains undetermined. Thus, our previous study investigated the...