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Optimization and Mechanism of Ca2+ Biosorption by Virgibacillus pantothenticus Isolated from Gelatine Wastewater Cover

Optimization and Mechanism of Ca2+ Biosorption by Virgibacillus pantothenticus Isolated from Gelatine Wastewater

Open Access
|Mar 2025

Abstract

Gelatine-processing wastewater contains much residual sludge due to its high calcium ion concentration and chemical oxygen demand. In this study, N3-4, a microbial strain with excellent calcium tolerance capacity, was screened and identified as Virgibacillus pantothenticus using morphological observation, physiological and biochemical testing, and 16S rRNA sequence analysis. Its growth characteristics were investigated, and the maximum adsorption of calcium reached 572.43 μg/g under the optimal conditions (contact time, 72.68 min; biomass dosage, 1.3 g/l; initial calcium concentration, 142.01 mg/l). Conditions were optimized using response surface methodology and structural characterization. The structure of the bacterial pellets was altered from flat to rough, accompanied by bulges and sediments after Ca2+ treatment, according to structural characterization. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy of the bacterial precipitates under calcium(II) treatment revealed the immobilization of Ca2+ species on the bacterial cell surface. The results indicate that –OH, –NH2, C≡C, C=O, –CH2, –C–O–, and –C–N groups play a significant role in calcium dispersion on the surface of V. pantothenticus.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2025-002 | Journal eISSN: 2544-4646 | Journal ISSN: 1733-1331
Language: English
Page range: 19 - 32
Submitted on: Oct 6, 2024
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Accepted on: Nov 24, 2024
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Published on: Mar 26, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2025 Haiwei Ren, Yumeng Xiang, Aili Zhang, Hongyuan Zhao, Hui Tian, Xiaopeng Guo, Yi Zheng, Bingyun Zhang, published by Polish Society of Microbiologists
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