Bioremoval of toxic Molybdenum using dialysis tubing

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  • Mohd Shukri Shukor Snoc International Sdn Bhd, Lot 343, Jalan 7/16 Kawasan Perindustrian Nilai 7, Inland Port, 71800, Negeri Sembilan
  • Mohd Yunus Shukor Snoc International Sdn Bhd, Lot 343, Jalan 7/16 Kawasan Perindustrian Nilai 7, Inland Port, 71800, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. and Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM 43400 Serdang, Selangor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/cerb.v18i1.26215

Keywords:

Molybdenum, Molybdenum blue, Gompertz, Dialysis tubing, S. marcescens

Abstract

The toxicity of molybdenum to ruminants and its general toxicity to spermatogenesis in animals are increasingly being reported. Its contamination of aquatic bodies has been reported, and this necessitates its removal. In this work, we utilize the dialysis tubing method coupled with the molybdenum-reducing activity of S. marcescens strain Dr.Y6 to remove molybdenum from solution. The enzymatic reduction of molybdenum into the colloidal molybdenum blue traps the reduced product in the dialysis tubing. The initial rate of increase of Mo-blue product was determined using the modified Gompertz model while the resultant inhibition kinetics profile was carried out using the Haldane model. The calculated maximal rate of Mo-blue production was 153 µmole (Mo-blue.hr)-1 and the concentration of molybdate resulting in the half-maximal rate of reduction (Ks), and the inhibition constant (Ki) were 0.22 and 506 mM, respectively. The results indicate that the system using dialysis tubing coupled with the Mo-reducing bacterium is a good candidate for a method for molybdenum bioremoval from solution.

Chemical Engineering Research Bulletin 18(2015) 6-11

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Mohd Shukri Shukor, Snoc International Sdn Bhd, Lot 343, Jalan 7/16 Kawasan Perindustrian Nilai 7, Inland Port, 71800, Negeri Sembilan



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Published

2016-01-04

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Shukor, M. S., & Shukor, M. Y. (2016). Bioremoval of toxic Molybdenum using dialysis tubing. Chemical Engineering Research Bulletin, 18(1), 6–11. https://doi.org/10.3329/cerb.v18i1.26215

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