Use of compost bacteria to degrade cellulose from grass cuttings in biological removal of sulphate from acid mine drainage

Water SA

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-116

  Matshusa Masithi, M P ^a   Ogola, J S ^a   Chimuka, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Chemical oxygen demand; Grass cuttings; Sulphate; Sulphate reducing bacteria; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; GRASS CUTTINGS; SULPHATE; SULPHATE-REDUCING BACTERIA; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACIDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMASS; CELL GROWTH; CELLULOSE; COMPOSTING; DRAINAGE; FATTY ACIDS; GROWTH KINETICS; MINES; OXYGEN; STRAIN RELAXATION;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPOSTING; FATTY ACID; FERMENTATION; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SULFATE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPOSTING; CUTTINGS; DRAINAGE; FATTY ACIDS; GRASSES; KINETICS; OXYGEN; RELAXATION; STRAINS; VOLATILES CONTENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 64549137904     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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