Entomotoxicity, protease and chitinase activity of Bacillus thuringiensis fermented wastewater sludge with a high solids content

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 4317-4325

  Brar, Satinder K ^a   Verma, M ^a   Tyagi, R D ^a   Valero J R ^a,b   Surampalli, R Y ^c  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Particle size; Suspended solids; Viscosity; Wastewater sludge

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOPESTICIDES; CHITINASE; ENTOMOTOXICITY; HIGH-SOLIDS; IN-CELL; MAXIMUM SPECIFIC GROWTH RATES; OXYGEN UPTAKE RATES; POWER LAW; PROTEASE ACTIVITIES; PROTEOLYTIC ACTIVITIES; RAW WASTEWATERS; SPORE COUNT; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TWEEN 80; VOLUMETRIC MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; WASTEWATER SLUDGE;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELASTICITY; FERMENTATION; MASS TRANSFER; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

WASTEWATER;

CHITINASE; OXYGEN; PESTICIDE; POLYSORBATE 80; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE;

BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SLUDGE; SOLID; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CELL COUNT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTOMOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; FLOW KINETICS; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SLUDGE; SOLID; SURFACE TENSION; TOXICITY; VISCOSITY; VOLUMETRY; WASTE WATER;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHITINASE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FERMENTATION; INSECTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OXYGEN; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SEWAGE; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 67349094495     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.09.093     Document Type: Article

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