Neutralization of alkaline industrial wastewaters using Exiguobacterium sp.

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 191-196

  Kulshreshtha, Niha Mohan ^a   Kumar, Anil ^a   Dhall, Purnima ^a   Gupta, Saurabh ^a   Bisht, Gopal ^a   Pasha, Santosh ^a   Singh, V P ^b   Kumar, Rita ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Biological neutralization; Exiguobacterium sp.; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; 16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; ALKALINE WASTEWATER; ALKALIPHILIC BACTERIA; AMINO PEPTIDASE; ARBUTIN; BEVERAGE INDUSTRY; BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; BIOLOGICAL NEUTRALIZATION; CARBON SOURCE; CELLOBIOSE; CONVENTIONAL ACIDS; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; METABOLIC PRODUCTS; NACL CONCENTRATION; ROD-SHAPED;

BEVERAGES; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GENES; GLYCEROL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC ACIDS; RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALKALINE ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NEUTRALIZATION; SLUDGE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STARCH; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EXIGUOBACTERIUM; EXIGUOBACTERIUM AURANTIACUM; EXIGUOBACTERIUM SP.; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 77950296714     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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