Mixed microbial culture-derived flocculant overproduction from fermented waste streams in membrane and chemostat bioreactors as novel pathway for organics valorization.

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• This research aims to investigate the production of flocculant from fermented waste streams using mixed microbial cultures.
• Utilized mixed microbial cultures (MMC) to produce extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) from volatile fatty acid (VFA)-rich wastewater.
• Employed membrane and chemostat bioreactors for the fermentation process.
• EPS-flocculant produced demonstrated over 92% effectiveness compared to commercial polyacrylamide (PAM).
• The findings support resource recovery through the conversion of waste carbon into functional biopolymers.