Use of filamentous fungi for wastewater treatment and production of high value fungal byproducts: A review

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 400-449

  Sankaran, Sindhuja ^a   Khanal, Samir Kumar ^b   Jasti, Nagapadma ^c   Jin, Bo ^d   Pometto, Anthony L ^e   Van Leeuwen, J Hans ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Fungal byproducts resource recovery; Fungal wastewater treatment; Yeast

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL BIOMASS; BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; BIOLOGICAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT; BYPRODUCT RECOVERY; FILAMENTOUS FUNGI; FUNGAL TREATMENT; FUNGAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; ORGANIC MATTER; PRACTICAL ISSUES; PROTEIN SOURCES; RESOURCE RECOVERY; SOLIDS RETENTION TIME; TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES; WASTEWATER PURIFICATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ASEPTIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOACTIVITY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOMASS; BYPRODUCTS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PH EFFECTS; PURIFICATION; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; YEAST;

WATER RECYCLING;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; OXYGEN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FUNGUS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COST CONTROL; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PRODUCT RECOVERY; PROTEIN CONTENT; REVIEW; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 77951840210     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643380802278943     Document Type: Review

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