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Upgrading the efficiency of dissimilatory sulfate reduction by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans via adjustment of the COD/SO4 ratio

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The potential for upgrading the microbiological reduction of sulfates and for decreasing the organic pollution levels in industrial waste-water by the adjustment of the COD/SO4 ratio was investigated. The experiments involved waste-water samples coming from industrial pig farming, baker's yeast production and organic dye manufacture. The results show that in the presence of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans both the objectives can be achieved by abating the disproportion between the content of sulfates and that of organic substances.

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  1. Institute of Environmental Protection, ul. Wystawowa 1, 51-618, Wrocław, Poland

    K. Kosińska

  2. Food Biotechnology Department, Wrocław University of Economics, ul. Komandorska 118/120, 53-345, Wrocław 2, Poland

    T. Miśkiewicz

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Kosińska, K., Miśkiewicz, T. Upgrading the efficiency of dissimilatory sulfate reduction by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans via adjustment of the COD/SO4 ratio. Biotechnology Letters 21, 299–302 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005468228342

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