TREATMENT OF URBAN WASTE SLUDGE - AEROBIC THERMOPHILIC BIODEGRADATIONOF MICROBIAL SOLIDS

Authors
GUILLAN A NUNEZ MJ
Citation
A. Guillan et Mj. Nunez, TREATMENT OF URBAN WASTE SLUDGE - AEROBIC THERMOPHILIC BIODEGRADATIONOF MICROBIAL SOLIDS, Afinidad, 54(471), 1997, pp. 372-376
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Afinidad → ACNP
ISSN journal
00019704
Volume
54
Issue
471
Year of publication
1997
Pages
372 - 376
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-9704(1997)54:471<372:TOUWS->2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The solubilization and biodegradation of microbial cells (cells of yea st) by an aerobic thermophilic microbial population was investigated o ver a 290 h period. In this case, the yeast cells were used as a stand ardized substitute for the complex biopolymeric particulates present i n actual waste sludge feeds. The process is initiated by enzymatic deg radation of the cell walls followed by growth on the released soluble substrate at low dissolved oxygen concentration.