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Table 2 Microbial flocculant producing strains and their composition, extract method, and yield

From: Recent advances and perspectives in efforts to reduce the production and application cost of microbial flocculants

Strains

Carbon and nitrogen sources (g/L)

Components

Extracts

Yields (g/L)

Ref.

Bacillus agaradhaerens

Glucose 10, YE 10

Ps 65.4%, Pr 4.7%, NA 1.6%

EP

4.65

Liu et al. (2015a)

Streptomyces sp.

Palm jaggery 18.73, YE 2.07

Ps

EP

 

Manivasagan et al. (2015)

Bradyrhizobium japonicum

Sucrose 25, YE 2.5

Ps

EP

 

Rasulov et al. (2016a)

Streptomyces sp.

YE 2.5, palm jiggery 20, NH4NO2 1

Ps 86.9%, Pr 12.8%

AP, IEC, GFC

4.94

Sivasankar et al. (2020)

Alcaligenes faecalis

Maltose 20, rea 1.2

Ps 88.6%, Pr 9.5%

EP

4.00

Maliehe et al. (2019)

Bacillus sp.

Glucose 20, (NH4)2SO4 0.3, urea 0.5, YE 0.5

Ps 76%, Pr 14%

EP

1.60

Okaiyeto et al. (2015b)

Alteromonas sp.

Glucose 30, wheat flour 1.5

Ps 69.6%, Pr 21.5%

EP

11.18

Chen et al. (2017a)

Bacillus licheniformis

Sucrose 10, YE 1, urea 1

Ps 89%, Pr 11%

EP

2.93

Xiong et al. (2010)

Bacillus thuringiensis

Beef extract 3.0, peptone 10.0

Ps

EP

20.19

Wang et al. (2011)

Lipomyces starkeyi

Glucose 100, polypeptone 7.0

Ps

EP

53.50

Yu et al. (2020b)

Streptomyces, Cellulomonas

Sucrose 16, peptone 1.5

Ps 34.4%, Pr 18.5%

EP

4.45

Nwodo et al. (2014)

Chryseobacterium daeguense

Glucose 1, Tryptone 2

Ps 13%, Pr 32%, NA 6.8%

EP

0.89

Liu et al. (2010)

Bacillus mojavensis

l-Glutamic acid 20, NH4Cl 7

Ps 98.4%, Pr 1.6%

EP

5.20

Elkady et al. (2011)

Aspergillus flavus

Sucrose 30, peptone 3

Ps 69.7%, Pr 28.5%

EP

0.40

Aljuboori et al. (2013)

Solibacillus silvestris

Maltose 1.9, YE 11

Ps 75.1%, Pr 24.9%

AP

0.40

Wan et al. (2013)

Paenibacillus elgii

Sucrose 51.3, peptone 6.7, YE 0.47

Ps

EP

25.63

Li et al. (2013)

Virgibacillus

Glucose 20, urea 0.5, YE 0.5, (NH4)2SO4 0.2

Ps

EP

2.43

Sekelwa et al. (2013)

Agrobacterium sp.

Sucrose 20, YE 0.5, urea 0.5, (NH4)2SO4 0.2

Ps 97%, Pr 3.0%

EP, IEC, GFC

14.90

Li et al. (2010)

Achromobacter sp.

Sucrose 10, urea 10

Ps 57%, Pr 13%

EP

10.50

Subudhi et al. (2014)

Enterobacter sp.

Glucose 10, NaNO3 1

Ps 91.7%, Pr 1.8%

EP, CTAB-p

0.066

Tang et al. (2014b)

Methylobacterium sp. and Actinobacterium sp.

Glucose 20, (NH4)2SO4 0.2, urea 0.2, YE 0.5

 

EP

8.20

Luvuyo et al. (2013)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Sucrose 5, glucose 2, maltose 2, YE 5, NH4Cl 1.5

Ps 71.7%, Pr 16.4%, NA 2.1%

EP

3.58

Sun et al. (2015a)

Paenibacillus mucilaginosus

Sucrose 20, YE 0.5

Ps

EP, IEC, GFC

1.33

Tang et al. (2014a)

  1. YE yeast extract, Ps polysaccharide, Pr protein, NA nucleic acid, EP ethanol precipitate, AP acetone precipitate, IEC Ion exchange chromatography, GFC Gel filtration chromatography, CTAB-p cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide precipitate