Neogi, Shubhaneel and Dey, Apurba and Chaterjee, Pradip Kumar (2016) Microflora from leaf debris is suitable for treatment of starch industry wastewater. Engineering in Life Sciences, 16 (8). pp. 683-689.

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Abstract

Biological treatment of industrial waste is a widely practiced technique that generates comparatively less environmentally hazardous waste than other chemical treatment processes. Wet milling of maize generates huge amount of wastewater (5 m3/ton) of low pH with organic matter and nutrients. Anaerobic methanogenic and aerobic bacteria are mostly highly sensitive to low pH. The treatment of wastewater causes huge cost of chemical neutralization or hydraulic recirculation for maintaining neutral pH. In the present study, different microbial consortia isolated from cow dung, active sludge from an anaerobic reactor for treatment of industrial wastewater, and leaf debris from benthic soil were screened for tolerance against low pH and for potential of chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal in order to find out an alternative microbial population for industrial water treatment at low pH. The most effective consortia found from leaf debris were further investigated for optimal operation. The microscopic analysis of leaf debris sludge showed abundance of Gram-negative methanococci, which was found tolerant to low pH in plate culture method. On further investigation for COD removal from starch industry effluent, they were found to be most effective at pH 5 with highest COD removal rate of 70% and lowest biomass generation of 81%. Hence, it was concluded that the low pH-tolerant methanogen bacteria, enriched from leaf debris sludge, is highly beneficial for anaerobic treatment of wastewater from several industries including corn starch industry by reducing cost of operation for neutralization to neutral pH and through reducing excess waste sludge production by the treatment system.

Item Type:	Article
Depositing User:	Dr. Sarita Ghosh
Date Deposited:	23 Jun 2017 11:22
Last Modified:	23 Jun 2017 11:22
URI:	http://cmeri.csircentral.net/id/eprint/383

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