comparative phosphorus removal capabilities of eurotium herbarorium and clostridium species on nigeria’s agbaja iron ore比较的除磷能力eurotium herbarorium和梭状芽胞杆菌物种在尼日利亚agbaja铁矿石.pdfVIP

Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering, 2012, 11, 848-852 Published Online August 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jmmce) Comparative Phosphorus Removal Capabilities of Eurotium herbarorium and Clostridium Species on Nigeria’s Agbaja Iron Ore 1 2 Obotowo William Obot , Charles Nwachukwu Anyakwo 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria 2Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria Email: obotowo2004@, charlesanyakwo@ Received July 1, 2012; revised July 31, 2012; accepted August 15, 2012 ABSTRACT A study of phosphorus removal capabilities of Eurotium herbarorium and Clostridium species from Nigeria’s Agbaja iron ore was carried out. Iron ore sample was crushed, sieved to obtain 0.50 mm/0.25 mm particle size distribution and cultured with mineral oil medium to facilitate microbial growth. Fungi and bacteria that concurrently grew were sub- cultured in Sabouard dextrose agar and nutrient agar solutions that support fungal and bacterial growth, respectively, and characterized using standard procedures. Ore was exposed to these microbes to effect phosphorus removal in stan- dard media and later analyzed at weekly interval using the standard volumetric ammonium phospho-molybdate method. The fermentation broth media were analyzed for iron, copper, cadmium, zinc, nickel, manganese and lead using the atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The microorganisms markedly removed phosphorus from the ore with 61.48% and 69.20%, respectively. For the fungus pH remained in the acidic region and basic for the bacterium. Trace elemen