BIOMASS PRODUCTION AND TREATMENT OF KITCHEN WASTE WATER WITH NOSTOC MUSCORUM-A POTENTIAL BIOFERTILIZER

Kitchen waste water emerging from Tirumala hills, a world famous piligrim centre was used as a source of nutrients for cultivation of Nostoc muscorum. A complete randomized design (CRD) was created for the experiment which was performed on BG-11 medium, 100% kitchen waste water (100% KW) and 75% kit...

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Published inJournal of Environmental Science for Sustainable Society Vol. 5; pp. 22 - 26
Main Authors VIJAYA, Tartte, MOULI, Kalla Chandra, MURTHY, Sistla Durga Srinivasa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University 2011
Subjects
biomass
Freshwater
Kitchen waste water
Nostoc
Nostoc muscorum
nutritional value
physicochemical properties
India
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Summary:Kitchen waste water emerging from Tirumala hills, a world famous piligrim centre was used as a source of nutrients for cultivation of Nostoc muscorum. A complete randomized design (CRD) was created for the experiment which was performed on BG-11 medium, 100% kitchen waste water (100% KW) and 75% kitchen waste water (75% KW). The physicochemical properties of kitchen waste water and the yield of biomass were determined from the cultures harvested every three days for a period of 15 days. After cultivation the kitchen waste water met the standards of safe discharge in India. The organisms could able to remove maximum of 98% of contaminants during its growth in waste water. The highest production of biomass was achieved in BG-11 medium followed by 100% KW and 75% KW.
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ISSN:1881-5073
1881-5073
DOI:10.3107/jesss.5.22