LARGE-SCALE CULTIVATION OF THIOBACILLUS DENITRIFICANS TO SUPPORT PILOT AND FIELD-TESTS OF A BIOAUGMENTATION PROCESS FOR MICROBIAL OXIDATION OF SULFIDES

被引:7
作者
HASAN, S [1 ]
RAJGANESH, B [1 ]
SUBLETTE, KL [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TULSA,CTR ENVIRONM RES & TECHNOL,TULSA,OK 74104
关键词
THIOBACILLUS DENITRIFICANS; SULFIDES; AUTOTROPH; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; FLOCCULATION;
D O I
10.1007/BF02941860
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Thiobacillus denitrificans strain F has been successfully cultivated at a 1000-gal scale in a flocculated form that could be recovered by gravity settling. Repeated subculturing at this scale did not result in loss of flocculation, although only 45% of the total biomass in each batch prodtiction run was sufficiently flocculated to be recovered by gravity settling. Production costs for nutrients and utilities averaged $0.413/g dry wt of biomass recovered. Future work will focus on improving biomass recovery. © 1994 Humana Press Inc.
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页码:925 / 934
页数:10
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