Isolating soil bacteria and their potential use in systems for wastewater treatment

 

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Autores: Mau, Silvia, Vega, Karen, Araya, Mónica
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2011
Descripción:The study of microorganisms from natural environments may be useful for developing a microbial consortium used for the bioaugmentation to a water treatment system. We studied microorganisms from soil samples taken in Tropical Biological Station and Aquaculture "Rio Macho", Cartago, Costa Rica and from these strains were selected most representative morphotypes. We performed four treatments in the wastewater by inoculating a suspension of each selected morphotype and the BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) was quantified after these treatments. The morphotypes of the isolates were Gram negative bacilli (52,9%), Gram positive sporulated bacilli (29,4%), filamentous bacteria (11,8%) and Gram positive non-sporulated bacilli (5,9%). After the treatments there was a reduction from 94,7% to 95,85% on the initial BOD of wastewater, in contrast with the water that was not inoculated which yielded a decrease of 91%. This preliminary study demonstrates a good potential of these strains for use in systems of wastewater treatment as inocula for bioaugmentation.
País:Portal de Revistas UNA
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/7704
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ambientales/article/view/7704
Palabra clave:Aguas residuales
planta de tratamiento
contaminación ambiental
microbiología ambiental
bioaumentación
microorganismos del suelo
Wastewater treatment
pollution
environmental microbiology
bioaugmentation
soil microorganisms