Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

The Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology (한국미생물·생명공학회)
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Biotechnological Potential of Marine Cyanobacteria in Wastewater Treatment: Disinfection of Raw Sewage by Oscillatoria willei BDU130511

  • Uma, L. (National Facility for Marine Cyanobacteria, Bharathidasan University) ;
  • Selvaraj, K. (National Facility for Marine Cyanobacteria, Bharathidasan University) ;
  • Manjula, R. (National Facility for Marine Cyanobacteria, Bharathidasan University) ;
  • Subramanian, G. (National Facility for Marine Cyanobacteria, Bharathidasan University) ;
  • Nagarkar, Sanjay (Department of Ecology & Biodiversity, The University of Hong Kong)
  • Published : 2002.08.01
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Abstract

The current study demonstrates the ability of the marine cyanobacterium Oscillatoria willei BDU130511 to disinfect raw sewage. Within a holding time of 3 h under laboratory conditions, the organism drastically reduced in the total bacterial and coliform counts at various pH levels, in both unbuffered and buffered sewage, thereby suggesting a potential role for cyanobacteria in wastewater treatment.

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