Dynamic characteristics of bacterial community in a sulphate-reducing bioreactor fed with acetate and intermittent ethanol
DOI: 10.1504/IJBT.2008.017965 | Yangguo Zhao, Nanqi Ren, Aijie Wang, Yiwei Liu | Acetotrophic Sulphate-Reducing Bacteria (ASRB) were enriched in a sulphidogenic Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR) fed with acetate/ethanol and diagnosed by Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism (SSCP) and 16S rRNA gene clone library.... | 3 - 15 |
Influence of Fe(II) addition on heavy metal bioleaching from sewage sludge with mixed inocula
DOI: 10.1504/IJBT.2008.017965 | Panyue Zhang, Guangming Zhang, Guangming Zeng, Enzhu Hu, Sai Zou, Hao Wu | The indigenous mixed inocula were cultured and enriched from the thickened waste sewage sludge for heavy metal bioleaching. The mixed inocula were then used for bioleaching, and 2 g/L sulphur was added. The influences of FeSO4•7H2O dosage o... | 16 - 25 |
Ultrasonic pre-treatment of biosolid
DOI: 10.1504/IJBT.2008.017965 | Guangming Zhang, Huanzhi Liu, Panyue Zhang, Ying Zhang | Low-frequency and high-intensity ultrasonic treatment of biosolid is a good method for biosolid disintegration. So, as a pre-treatment method of anaerobic digestion, it may replace the hydrolysis. Thus, we studied the effect of ultrasonic d... | 26 - 34 |
Influence of catalyst on the yields and properties of products from biomass liquefaction in subcritical water
DOI: 10.1504/IJBT.2008.017965 | Xingzhong Yuan, Wen Xie, Guangming Zeng, Jingyi Tong, Hui Li | In recent years, increasing attention has been focused on the liquefaction of biomass in subcritical water by researchers. The authors try to obtain bio-oil of high quality and high yields using straw as starting material. This process was ... | 35 - 44 |
Consumption of nitrogen and phosphorus in human urine by Spirulina platensis
DOI: 10.1504/IJBT.2008.017965 | Chenliang Yang, Ming Li, Chengying Yu, Gurevich Yu, Hong Liu | In this paper, Spirulina platensis with relatively high nutrition was cultivated to treat human urine. The cultures were maintained at 28°C ± 0.5°C and irradiated with mixed lights of red and green at a light intensity of 150 W/m². The... | 45 - 54 |
Isolation and identification of the sulphate-reducing bacteria strain H1 and its function for hydrolysed polyacrylamide degradation
DOI: 10.1504/IJBT.2008.017965 | Fang Ma, Li Wei, Li Wang, Chein-Chi Chang | The sulphate-reducing bacteria strain H1 with the function for Hydrolysed Polyacrylamide (HPAM) degradation was isolated from a curing pot in the HPAM distribution station of Daqing Oil Field using the Hungate Anaerobic Technique. The isola... | 55 - 63 |
Waste activated sludge reduction using sonication and cryptic growth
DOI: 10.1504/IJBT.2008.017965 | Weiying Li, Guangming Zhang, Panyue Zhang, Huanzhi Liu | The management of excess activated sludge imposes great cost on wastewater treatment plants and represents significant technical challenges. This paper investigates a new technology, sonication and cryptic growth, to reduce the amount of ex... | 64 - 72 |
Disposal of seaweed wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) in composting process by marine bacterium Halomonas sp. AW4
DOI: 10.1504/IJBT.2008.017965 | Jingchun Tang, Yutang Xiao, Akinobu Oshima, Hiroshi Kawai, Shinichi Nagata | A novel marine bacterium, identified as Halomonas sp. AW4 by partial 16S rDNA analysis, was isolated from the seaweeds in Awaji Island, Japan. Strain AW4 grew well even in the wide NaCl concentration ranges of 0–3 mol/L, where it showed an ... | 73 - 85 |
Biotransformation of rice straw by Phanerachaete chrysosporium and the related ligninolytic enzymes
DOI: 10.1504/IJBT.2008.017965 | Danlian Huang, Guangming Zeng, Zhiwei Peng, Panyue Zhang, Shuang Hu, Xiaoyun Jiang, Chongling Feng, Yang Chen | Biotransformation of lignin is related to the biomass utilisation of agricultural wastes. Ligninolytic enzyme from Phanerochaete chrysosporium plays an important role in biodegrading lignin and is specially concerned by researchers. The aim... | 86 - 92 |
Effect of feeding efficient microbial community on aerobic composting of municipal waste and excrement
DOI: 10.1504/IJBT.2008.017965 | Junguo He, Tao Jiang, Dan Wang, Jianzheng Li, Bingnan Lv | Each of the total 13 strains of bacteria was isolated based on the characteristics of municipal waste and excrement, which include 6 strains of bacterium, 4 strains of streptomyces and 3 strains of actinomycetes; all of these were appropria... | 93 - 103 |
Natural essential oils from lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus) to control postharvest anthracnose of mango fruit
DOI: 10.1504/IJBT.2008.017965 | Raweewon Duamkhanmanee | Efficacy of essential oil extracted from lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus Stapf.) on controlling postharvest anthracnose of mango fruit, Nam Dokmai, compared with a fungicide was evaluated before and after inoculation using spore suspension... | 104 - 108 |
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