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The Microbial Associations Developing on Experimental Trickling Filters Irrigated with Domestic Sewage
Author(s) -
HALLS N. A.,
Board R. G.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1973.tb04129.x
Subject(s) - trickling filter , sewage , sewage treatment , environmental science , flora (microbiology) , acinetobacter , pulp and paper industry , environmental engineering , biology , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , engineering , antibiotics , genetics
S ummary . The bacterial flora of the film which developed on experimental trickling filters irrigated with domestic sewage was dominated by Acinetobacter and yellow‐pigmented Gram negative rod‐shaped organisms and it was deduced that purification in certain aerobic waste treatment processes may depend upon an association of these 2 organisms. Further evaluation of the operational procedures likely to have a selective influence on the microbial association which becomes dominant was made in studies using synthetic sewage.