Development of a Laboratory Scale Sand Filter with Microcystin-LR Degrading Bacillus cereus

dc.contributor.author	Idroos, S.F.
dc.contributor.author	Manage, P.M.
dc.contributor.author	De Silva, B.G.D.N.K.
dc.contributor.author	Karunanayake, L.
dc.date.accessioned	2017-03-03T08:11:51Z
dc.date.available	2017-03-03T08:11:51Z
dc.date.issued	2015-12-20
dc.identifier.citation	Idroos, S.F., Manage, P.M., De Silva, B.G.D.N.K., & Karunanayake, L. (2015). Development of a Laboratory Scale Sand Filter with Microcystin-LR Degrading Bacillus cereus. Proceedings of Academics World 12th International Conference, 6-9	en_US, si_LK
dc.identifier.uri	978-93-85832-75-8
dc.identifier.uri	http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/4217
dc.description.abstract	A bacterium (KJ 954304 B. cereus 12 GK) previously demonstrated to degrade the Microcystin- LR, was investigated for bioremediation applications in laboratory scale sand filter. Citric acis treated raw cotton was used as the biofilm of the sand filter. Both control and experimental setups were built up for the study. The experimental sand filter removed 23% of MC-LR from the influent water within three hours of commissioning. The removal rate gradually increased through out 24 hours and showed 90% of removal within four days. The control filter also showed 1% of removal within three hours and 12% after four days. Thus, 12% of MC-LR undergo physical removal via adsorption to sand and rock particles while the remaining 78% of MC-LR was removed entirely through bioremediation.	en_US, si_LK
dc.language.iso	en	en_US, si_LK
dc.publisher	Academic World	en_US, si_LK
dc.subject	Microcystin-LR (MC-LR)	en_US, si_LK
dc.subject	Bacillus cereus	en_US, si_LK
dc.subject	Sand filter	en_US, si_LK
dc.subject	Biofilm	en_US, si_LK
dc.subject	Citric acid treated raw cotton	en_US, si_LK
dc.title	Development of a Laboratory Scale Sand Filter with Microcystin-LR Degrading Bacillus cereus	en_US, si_LK
dc.type	Article	en_US, si_LK