whereas the consortium produced much higher acid
phosphatase (9.02 mU/ml) and alkaline phosphatase
(7.86 mU/ml) activities than individual strain. It is
reported that acidic pH is favourable for phosphate
removal, which is based on the fact that acidic pH
seems to be favourable to acid phosphatase, which
aids in the removal of phosphate (Boquet et al., 1987;
Krishnaswamy et al., 2011).