BIOLOGICAL REMOVAL OF DAIRY INDUSTRIAL WASTES BY MARINE CYANOBACTERIA

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Dept. Microbiology; Soils, Water and Environment Inst. A.R.C., Giza, Egypt.

2 Dept. Microbiology, Fac. Agric., Cairo University.

Abstract

The possible utilization of whey by some marine cyanobacteria for growth
and waste management was studied. The results indicated that both sweet and
salt whey could be used as a culturing media for all the tested strains. Also, it was
found that nitrogenase activities increased when such strains were grown in any of
whey types. Among the tested strains, Nostoc sp. proved to be the most promising
one for better bioremoval of whey as one of the major during industrial wastes.

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