Water Science & Technology · 2005 · 23 citations · 5 references
Olive Oil WastewatersEngineeringEnvironmental BiotechnologyBiological Waste TreatmentWastewater TreatmentAgro-industrial WastewaterBioremediationWater TreatmentMicrobial EcologyEnvironmental MicrobiologyJet-loop Type ReactorsWinery WastewatersWaste ManagementAgro-industrial EffluentsEffluent DisposalEnvironmental EngineeringMicroflora EvaluationMicrobiologyMedicineMicrobiological Degradation
Jet-loop type reactors developed in our group have been successfully used for biological treatment of winery and olive oil wastewaters. The objective of the present work was to study the influence of the reactor hydrodynamics, causing high shear stress applied on the nozzle and its influence on the composition of the microbial population. Winery and olive oil industry effluents were treated and analysed. Microbial consortia were enriched and selected under different bio-treatment conditions of the effluents. In the case of the winery wastewaters, the isolates identified belong to the genera of Pseudomonas and Bacillus. Saccharomyces cerevisiae was also present in the consortia but no filamentous fungi were detected. In the case of the olive oil wastewaters, Bacillus megaterium 2 was the predominant microorganism. It was not detected any type of fungi.
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