Effect of free ammonia nitrogen on the methanogenic activity of swine wastewater

• Marisol Belmonte ^[2] ; Chia-Fang Hsieh ^[2] ; Cindy Figueroa ^[2] ; José Luis Campos ^[1] ; Gladys Vidal ^[2]
  1. [1] Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

     Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

     Santiago de Compostela, España

     
  2. [2] Universidad de Concepción Centro de Ciencias Ambientales EULA-Chile Grupo de Ingeniería y Biotecnología Ambiental
• Localización: Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, ISSN-e 0717-3458, Vol. 14, Nº. 3, 2011, págs. 2-2
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Swine wastewater is characterized by high organic matter content, solids, nitrogen (expressed as total ammonia and protein) and heavy metals. This work determines the methanogenic toxicity effect of free ammonia contained in swine wastewater comparing raw swine wastewater (RW) and the liquid fraction of swine wastewater (TW). The values of IC50 (50% of inhibition) obtained for methanogenic bacteria ranged between 56 and 84% for RW, meanwhile IC50 for TW was ranged between 84 and 94%. Such inhibitory effects can be related to the free ammonia nitrogen concentration (> 40 mg NH3-N/L) contained in swine wastewater.