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Anaerobic Treatment of Organic Saline Waste/Wastewater: Overcome Salinity Inhibition by Addition of Compatible Solutes

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Environmental Microbial Biotechnology

Part of the book series: Soil Biology ((SOILBIOL,volume 45))

Abstract

Saline wastewater is discharged by many industries, and the toxic effect of sodium on anaerobic biomass is known to inhibit organic biodegradation. However, most of the studies only investigated a gradual increase in salinity despite the fact that it is often highly variable in many industrial wastewaters. Based on the above considerations, this chapter review is a new approach for the rapid adaptation of anaerobic biomass to a sudden increase in salinity. This is based on previous insights gained about how cells cope with stress conditions through the use of compatible solutes. Therefore, this chapter reviews the main studies dealing with the use of compatible solutes to overcome anaerobic biomass inhibition and state the future potential of this strategy.

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  1. Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Cyprus University of Technology, 95 Eirinis Str., 50329, 3603, Lemesos, Cyprus

    Ioannis Vyrides

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  1. Bioresources Engineering Department, CSIR - Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

    Lala Behari Sukla

  2. Bioresources Engineering Department, CSIR - Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

    Nilotpala Pradhan

  3. Bioresources Engineering Department, CSIR - Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

    Sandeep Panda

  4. Mineral Processing Department, CSIR - Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

    Barada Kanta Mishra

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Vyrides, I. (2015). Anaerobic Treatment of Organic Saline Waste/Wastewater: Overcome Salinity Inhibition by Addition of Compatible Solutes. In: Sukla, L., Pradhan, N., Panda, S., Mishra, B. (eds) Environmental Microbial Biotechnology. Soil Biology, vol 45. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19018-1_6

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