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DESCRIPTION:Xanthan is one of the major polysaccharide biopolymers used in 
 many industries due to its unique structure and physicochemical properties
  which gives the high degree of pseudoplasticity and functionality in diff
 erent environments such as acid\, high salts\, and high shear stress. Due 
 to its non- toxicity and biodegradability\, it is extensively used in food
  industry as thickening and stabilizing agent for canned foods and various
  syrups. In tissue engineering\, it has various applications in the area o
 f bone and skin regeneration. The expensive carbon sources used in the pro
 duction of xanthan has resulted in the direction of cost reduction that co
 uld be achieved by using inexpensive and eco-friendly sources such as reco
 very from waste sludge from aerobic granular sludge (AGS)-based wastewater
  treatment systems. The granules contain high concentrations of extracellu
 lar polymeric substance (EPS) which plays the crucial role in the formatio
 n and stabilization of sludge granules in the biological wastewater treatm
 ent. EPS contains polysaccharides\, proteins\, nucleic acids\, etc. Due to
  the advantages of AGS over conventional wastewater treatment processes su
 ch as\, the activated sludge process\, sustainable approach towards the re
 covery of biopolymers is now emerging on the wide scale to obtain high val
 ue-added products such as xanthan\, curdlan\, tyrosine etc. One of the mai
 n components of EPS\, Alginate-like exopolysaccharide (ALE)\, is already e
 xtracted from the EPS matrix and has wide range of applications. Current r
 esearch is focused on the optimization of xanthan in the AGS matrix and de
 velopment of suitable quantification and recovery protocols. The outcomes 
 of the proposed research will contribute to attaining circular economy in 
 the wastewater management industry.\n\nSpeaker(s): Manveer Kaur\, \n\nRoom
 : 166\, Bldg: 8\, University of Northern British Columbia\, 3333 Universit
 y Way\, Prince George\, British Columbia\, Canada\, V2N4Z9
LOCATION:Room: 166\, Bldg: 8\, University of Northern British Columbia\, 33
 33 University Way\, Prince George\, British Columbia\, Canada\, V2N4Z9
ORGANIZER:Fan.Jiang@unbc.ca
SEQUENCE:2
SUMMARY:Recovery of xanthan from aerobic granular sludge (AGS) wastewater s
 ystems
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/355343
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Xanthan is one of the major polysaccharide
  biopolymers used in many industries due to its unique structure and physi
 cochemical properties which gives the high degree of pseudoplasticity and 
 functionality in different environments such as acid\, high salts\, and hi
 gh shear stress. Due to its non- toxicity and biodegradability\, it is ext
 ensively used in food industry as thickening and stabilizing agent for can
 ned foods and various syrups. In tissue engineering\, it has various appli
 cations in the area of bone and skin regeneration. The expensive carbon so
 urces used in the production of xanthan has resulted in the direction of c
 ost reduction that could be achieved by using inexpensive and eco-friendly
  sources such as recovery from waste sludge from aerobic granular sludge (
 AGS)-based wastewater treatment systems. The granules contain high concent
 rations of extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) which plays the crucial
  role in the formation and stabilization of sludge granules in the biologi
 cal wastewater treatment. EPS contains polysaccharides\, proteins\, nuclei
 c acids\, etc. Due to the advantages of AGS over conventional wastewater t
 reatment processes such as\, the activated sludge process\, sustainable ap
 proach towards the recovery of biopolymers is now emerging on the wide sca
 le to obtain high value-added products such as xanthan\, curdlan\, tyrosin
 e etc. One of the main components of EPS\, Alginate-like exopolysaccharide
  (ALE)\, is already extracted from the EPS matrix and has wide range of ap
 plications. Current research is focused on the optimization of xanthan in 
 the AGS matrix and development of suitable quantification and recovery pro
 tocols. The outcomes of the proposed research will contribute to attaining
  circular economy in the wastewater management industry.</p>
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