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ArticlePolymers2020

Strength of Flocs Formed by the Complexation of Lysozyme with Leonardite Humic Acid.

Wan Khairunnisa Wan Abdul Khodir, Azizul Hakim, Motoyoshi Kobayashi

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Article in Polymers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Wan Khairunnisa Wan Abdul KhodirGraduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba 305-8572, Ibaraki, Japan.
Azizul HakimDepartment of Soil Science, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh.
Motoyoshi KobayashiFaculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba 305-8572, Ibaraki, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4135-9821
University of Tsukuba · JPUniversity of Chittagong · BD

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 16H06382Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 19H03070
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aggregation and aggregates properties of natural organic and nanosized macromolecules such as humic substances and proteins are crucial to explore so-called colloid-mediated transport and the fate of substances in soil and water environments. Therefore, the aggregation and dispersion, charging, and floc strength of lysozyme (LSZ)-leonardite humic acid (LHA) flocs were experimentally investigated. The experiments were performed in different salt concentrations and LSZ to LHA mass ratios as a function of pH. We obtained the stronger flocs at pH 4.4, where the isoelectric point (IEP) of the complex with the mass ratio 2.5 was confirmed. Thus, the aggregation of LSZ-LHA flocs is mainly caused by charge neutralization. We obtained the floc strength of 4.7 nN around IEP at low salt concentration of 3 mM, which was stronger than 2.8 nN in high salt concentration of 50 mM. The effect of salt concentration can be rationalized by charge-patch attraction at low salt concentration. With increasing mass ratio, the IEP shifted to higher pH. This is due to the increase in positive charge from LSZ in the mixture. The effect of the LSZ to LHA mass ratio on the maximum strength was weak in the range studied.

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aggregationfloc breakagehumic substanceprotein

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PMID32784682
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