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Biological treatment of tannery wastewater by using salt-tolerant bacterial strains

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Title
Biological treatment of tannery wastewater by using salt-tolerant bacterial strains
Published in
Microbial Cell Factories, April 2008
DOI 10.1186/1475-2859-7-15
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Authors

Senthilkumar Sivaprakasam, Surianarayanan Mahadevan, Sudharshan Sekar, Susheela Rajakumar

Abstract

High salinity (1-10% w/v) of tannery wastewater makes it difficult to be treated by conventional biological treatment. Salt tolerant microbes can adapt to these saline conditions and degrade the organics in saline wastewater.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Morocco 1 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
Unknown 176 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 30 17%
Student > Bachelor 28 16%
Student > Master 23 13%
Researcher 19 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 15 8%
Other 15 8%
Unknown 49 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Environmental Science 32 18%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 31 17%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 15 8%
Engineering 14 8%
Chemical Engineering 12 7%
Other 18 10%
Unknown 57 32%