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Title: Involvement of protozoa in anaerobic wastewater treatment process
Authors: Priya, M
Ajit Haridas
Manilal, V B
Keywords: Anaerobic protozoa
COD removal
MLSS reduction
Anaerobic reactors
Suspended solids
Issue Date: Dec-2007
Publisher: Elsevier
Citation: Water Reserch 41(20):4639-4645;Dec 2007
Abstract: It is only very rarely recognized in literature that anaerobic reactors may contain protozoa in addition to various bacterial and archeal groups. The role of protozoa in anaerobic degradation was studied in anaerobic continuous stirred tank reactors (CSTR) and batch tests. Anaerobic protozoa, especially the ciliated protozoa, have direct influence on the performance of CSTR at all organic loading rates (1-2g CODI rise to-1 d rise to-1) and retention times (5-10 days). The studies revealed that chemical oxygen demand (COD) and acetate (soluble COD). There was no significant difference in COD removal between reactors fed suspended COD and those fed soluble COD. However, the diversity and number of ciliates is greater in CSTR fed with particulate feed. The mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) representing biomass was significantly lower (16-34%) in CSTR with protozoa. In batch tests, increased COD removal and methane production was observed in sludge having ciliates as compared with sludge without protozoa. Methane production increased linearly with number of ciliates (R square-0.96) in batch tests with protozoa. Direct utilization of COD by flagellates and ciliates was observed in bacteria - suppressed cultures. The technological importance of these results is that reactors with protozoa - rich sludge can enhance the rate of mineralization of complex wastewater, especially wastewater containing particulate COD.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/100
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