Biological treatment of tannery wastewater by using salt-tolerant bacterial strains

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>High salinity (1–10% w/v) of tannery wastewater makes it difficult to be treated by conventional biological treatment. Salt tolerant microbes can adapt to these saline conditions and degrade the organics in saline wastewater.</p&g...

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Main Authors: Sekar Sudharshan, Mahadevan Surianarayanan, Sivaprakasam Senthilkumar, Rajakumar Susheela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-04-01
Series:Microbial Cell Factories
Online Access:http://www.microbialcellfactories.com/content/7/1/15