Biodesalination using halophytic cyanobacterium Phormidium keutzingianum from brackish to the hypersaline water.

ABSTRACT: The biodesalination potential at different levels of salinity of Phormidium keutzingianum (P. keutzingianum) was investigated. A wide range of salinity from brackish to hypersaline water was explored in this study to ensure the adaptability of P. keutzingianum in extreme stress conditions. Brackish to hypersaline salt solutions were tested at selected NaCl concentrations 10, 30, 50, and 70 g.L^-1. Chloride, pH, nitrate, and phosphate were the main parameters measured throughout the duration of the experiment. Biomass growth estimation revealed that the studied strain is adaptable to all the salinities inoculated. During the first growth phase (till day 20), chloride ion was removed up to 43.52% and 45.69% in 10 and 30 g.L^-1 of salinity, respectively. Fourier transform

SUBMITTER: Zafar AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10875329 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature