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The aim of this work was to better understand the roles of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in membrane biofouling at the single-strain level. In the present study, a total of 23 bacterial strains were isolated from a sludge sample. The EPS extracted from pure-cultured bacteria were assessed for their fouling potentials and were simultaneously analyzed using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Further, the impact of calcium on the chemical composition of EPS and membrane fouling behavior was investigated in a strain-dependent manner. The EPS of the 23 bacterial strains exhibited different IR features for protein and polysaccharide regions. In addition, an α-1,4-glycosidic linkage (920 cm) and amide II (1,550 cm) correlated very well with the fouling potentials of all pure-cultured bacteria. In contrast to low-fouling strains, medium- and high-fouling strains exhibited two distinct peaks at 1,020 cm (uronic acids) and 1,250 cm (-acetyl), which accelerate membrane fouling given their gelling capacities. In the presence of calcium, the fouling potential of a high-fouling strain ( sp. strain JSB10) was profoundly reduced ( < 0.0005) due to the binding activity of an α-1,4-glycosidic linkage and amide II with calcium. However, the impact of calcium on a low-fouling strain ( sp. strain JSB21) was insignificant. Two-dimensional FTIR correlation spectroscopic (2D-FTIR-COS) analysis further revealed that the susceptibilities of functional groups to calcium largely relied on the composition and abundance of the above-described functional groups in EPS. These findings suggest that bacterial strains with different fouling potentials exhibit varied responses to calcium. Membrane biofouling is one of the main challenges for the operation of membrane-based processes used for water and wastewater treatment. This study revealed the functional determinants of EPS in membrane biofouling of 23 bacterial strains isolated from a full-scale membrane bioreactor (MBR) plant. We found that an α-1,4-glycosidic bond, amide II, and uronic acids of EPS significantly correlated with the fouling potentials of bacteria. The roles of these EPS groups in membrane fouling were impacted by calcium resulting from EPS-calcium interactions. In addition, our results also demonstrated that any perturbations in the sludge bacterial community in MBRs can lead to varied filtration potentials of the bulk liquor.

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The natural Fly ash modified with calcium oxide has been employed to eliminate the crystal violet dyestuff from the simulated solution. Herein, the effect of different physicochemical factors like primary dye concentration, sorption contact time, the quantity of the adsorbent, temperature, along with initial simulated solution pH, evaluated for illustrating the mechanism of adsorption. Furthermore, the equilibrium study was conducted, and equilibrium models like Langmuir, Freundlich, and Dubinin- Raduskevich (D-R) were fitted to obtain analytical results to endow with more insight into the process. The results acknowledged that the Langmuir model is well apt and suggests that the adsorption mechanism happens in a monolayer on the fly ash surface. Pseudo-first order, Pseudo-second order, and the intraparticle diffusion model evaluated, and the interpretation suggests the sorption method is obeying the Pseudo-second order and intraparticle diffusion model. The ascertained negative values of Gibbs free energy affirmed the unconstrained process for all symbiotic associations, and the obtained data 78.70 kJ mol^–1 enthalpy values manifested that exothermic mechanism was governing the reaction. The above assessment confirms the application of Calcium oxide pre-treated fly ash as a cheap adsorbent to eliminate the crystal violet dyestuff from the simulated solution.

Contaminants of emerging concern: sources, soil burden, human exposure, and toxicities.

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