This preliminary study was aimed at evaluating the feasibility to produce biopolymers (BP) from citrus wastewater by mixed microbial culture in an anaerobic/aerobic membrane bioreactor (A/O-MBR). The activated sludge of A/O-MBR successfully enriched microorganisms having a good capacity producing intracellular biopolymers. production BP found be about 0.55 mgCOD mgCOD−1 using pure acetate conce...

Two 1-L porous pot (65 μ stainless steel mesh) reactors were fed synthetic wastewater with a COD of 200 mg/L including 2 mg/L linear alkyl benzene sulfonate (LAS) to evaluate the influence of specific operating conditions (i.e, hydraulic retention time, HRT, and solids retention time, SRT) on the measured rate of LAS biodegradation. The reactors were operated in parallel under a constant SRT of...

High-resolution ocean circulation models have increased our understanding of the movement and distribution worldwide currents, which were previously unknown difficult to study. The metabolic expenditure data obtained through open-flow respirometric analysis was put into an energy budget context by comparing it their available reserved in body upon entering swimming life phase. We modeled disper...

Jatropha cake (JC), a toxic residue derived from the extraction of the oil from Jatropha curcas seeds, can be used as a culture medium for solid-state fermentation (SSF). Through this process, it is possible to detoxify and add value to this solid residue through the production of enzymes of biotechnological interest. However, one of the major technological bottlenecks in SSF is the microbial g...