Biotreatment of Alkylbenzenesulfonate and Other Surfactants in Industrial Concentrated Effluents of a Detergent Factory

摘要

Several bacteria described in the literature are able to degrade linear alkylbenzenesulfonate (LAS). Little is known about the behavior and degradation potential of these bacteria at high surfactant concentration in industrial wastewater. An aerobic treatment of industrial wastewater by immobilized bacterial consortium BIO-V has already been described (1). The bacterial consortium was selected from the wastewater and soil of a detergent factory.