Performances and microbial features of an aerobic packed-bed biofilm reactor developed to post-treat an olive mill effluent from an anaerobic GAC reactor

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Olive mill wastewater (OMW) is the aqueous effluent of olive oil producing processes. Given its high COD and content of phenols, it has to be decontaminated before being discharged. Anaerobic digestion is one of the most promising tr...

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Main Authors: Marchetti Leonardo, Ruzzi Maurizio, Colao Maria, Bertin Lorenzo, Fava Fabio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-04-01
Series:Microbial Cell Factories
Online Access:http://www.microbialcellfactories.com/content/5/1/16