Microbiology

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    EVALUATION OF SILVER NANOPARTICLE AND BIOFLOCCULANT IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT USING SMART ANALYSIS
    (2024) KOLAWOLE, Teslimah Oyindamola
    Wastewater is just water that has been used and contaminated, usually in industrial, agricultural, or home settings. The research reports on the impacts of a combination of bioflocculants and silver nanoparticles made by two microorganisms taken from the microbiology lab at Summit University. The use of chemicals for wastewater treatment has been shown to have negative effects on humans and ecosystems. For this reason, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in 2015, resulting in the creation of 17 global SDGs, of which Goal 6 is about clean water and sanitation to support the maintenance of global ecosystems, human prosperity, and peace. The organisms were identified as Klebsiella sp. and Staphylococcus sp. after they were earlier recovered from the Afelele River in Offa, Kwara State. Bioflocculant was made with formed bioflocculant culture broth, and neem (Azadirachta indica) was used to create silver nanoparticles (AgNo3). After shaking for seven days, the flocculating activities of AgNO3 were the lowest at 68.5%, while those of Klebsiella sp. and Staphylococcus sp. were 71.1% and 71.4%, respectively. With a flocculating activity of 81.9%, the combination of AgNo3 and Staphylococcus sp. bioflocculant demonstrated higher activity than a single usage. These findings point to a synergistic interaction between the bioflocculant and nanoparticles that improves wastewater treatment activity. The use of sophisticated analysis to the flocculating and nanoparticle activities decreased human error and improved the accuracy of the results.