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Detrimental effects of pharmaceutical industrial waste on microorganisms

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Pharmaceutical industrial waste was collected from Ghaziabad (Cooper Pharma Ltd.) and analyzed for color, odor, specific gravity, turbidity, pH, total solids, suspended solids, dissolved solids, volatile solids, dissolved oxygen (DO), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), organic and inorganic nitrogen, sulfur, chlorides, sulfates and phosphates. The detrimental effects of industrial waste on microorganisms were studied in the system with lower and higher volumes of the wastes (0.5–12 ml) using glucose substrate as a source of carbon for microorganisms. The cultures of saprophytic and nitrifying bacteria were grown from sewage and pea gravel, respectively, and tested for their nature.

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  1. Environmental Research Laboratory, Chemistry Section, Z. H. College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202001, U. P., India

    M. Ajmal, A. Ahmad, M. Z. Hasan & Azhar A. Nomani

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Ajmal, M., Ahmad, A., Hasan, M.Z. et al. Detrimental effects of pharmaceutical industrial waste on microorganisms. Water Air Soil Pollut 13, 447–452 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02191845

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