Growth-promoting Activity of Spent Sulfite Liquor
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The discharge of spent sulfite liquor (SSL), the waste water produced during cellulose manufacture, into water courses often results in massive slime infestations of Sphaerotilus natans. Though a considerable amount of work has been done on the stimulation of Sphaerotilus in mixed populations, the most notable probably being that of Amberg and Cormack (1), very little (6) is known about the nutritional adequacy of SSL for growth of pure cultures of S. natans. Our observations (Bacteriol. Proc., p. 48, 1967) on the calcium requirement of S. natans prompted us to compare the growth-promoting activities of calcium (SSL-Ca) and ammonia (SSL-NH4) base liquors (i.e., liquors derived from processes using the bisulfites of calcium and ammonia, respectively, in the chemical digestion of the wood).
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تاریخ انتشار 2004