Organic matter released from activated sludge bacteria cells during their decay process
Organic matter released from activated sludge bacteria is a considerable issue in the wastewater reclamation process. In this study, we focused 2-keto-3-deoxyoctulosonic acid in the Lipopolysacchar...
The work described in this paper was begun in order to see if a similar relationship could be observed at the Coleshill works of the Birmingham Tame and Rea District Drainage Board. Intensive work was first carried out for one month, during which daily counts of the total peritrichous ciliates and total free-swimming ciliates were compared with the B.O.D. and the O.A. (oxygen absorbed from permanganate in 4 hr.) of the effluent. Later, bi weekly counts were carried out for more than a year. These counts were made on the different dominant genera of the peritrichous and free-swimming ciliates in order to try and relate pro