Wastewaters from the soft drinks industry were examined as media for producing bioethanol usingyeast-mediated fermentation. Fermentation assays were performed using cola-type, orange and lemon-lime soft drinks and ...

This work reports on the biodegradation of textile wastewater by three alternative microbial treatments. A bacterial consortium, isolated from a dyeing factory, showed significant efficacy in decolourizing wastewater (77.6 ...

Spirulina platensis is a filamentous cyanobacterium, photosynthetic tissue that can live in soil, marshes, alkaline lakes and freshwater, brackish and marine. Microalgae cultivation is a beneficial process, not only due ...

This paper describes the performance and biofilm characteristics of a full-scale anaerobic sequencing batch biofilm reactor (ASBBR; 20 m(3)) containing biomass immobilized on an inert support (mineral coal) for the treatment ...

Biological sulfate reduction was studied in a laboratory-scale anaerobic sequential batch reactor (14 L) containing mineral coal for biomass attachment. The reactor was fed industrial wastewater with increasingly high ...

Bulking by Sphaerotilus natans has been attributed to several factors such as low dissolved oxygen in the aeration basin, wastes with high C:N ratios and phosphorus limitation; however, the occurrence of bulking has been ...

BACKGROUND: L(+)-Lactic acid is used in the pharmaceutical, textile and food industries as well as in the synthesis of biodegradable plastics. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of different medium ...

BACKGROUND: L(+)-Lactic acid is used in the pharmaceutical, textile and food industries as well as in the synthesis of biodegradable plastics. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of different medium ...