Article: Reports from Iowa State University add new data to research in environmental engineering.

"Wastewater from a corn wet-milling ethanol plant was treated with Rhizopus microsporus mold in a continuous biofilm reactor (attached growth system). Plastic composite support tubes, composed of 50% (w/w) polypropylene and 50% (w/w) agricultural products were used as support media," researchers in the United States report.

"The effects of operating pH (3.5, 4.0, and 4.5) and hydraulic retention times (HRTs) (5.0, 3.75, 2.5, and 1.25 h) on fungal growth, chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal and unwanted bacterial growth were evaluated under nonaseptic conditions. COD removal and biomass production were highest at pH 4.0 with lowest bacterial competition. Maximum ...

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