<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><article><front><Journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type='publisher'>CWE/831/2017</journal-id><journal-title >Current World Environment</journal-title><issn pub-type='PPub'>0973-4929</issn><issn pub-type='ePub'>2320-8031</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Enviro Research Publishers</publisher-name></publisher></Journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type='other'>CWE--33-00</article-id><title-group><article-title>Removal of BOD5 and COD From Saline Wastewater Using Fixed Bed Column of Aspergillus Oryzae and Halobacillus Dabanensis</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type='ppub'><publicationDate>2015-12-31</publicationDate></pub-date><doi>10.12944/CWE.10.3.14</doi><volume>Volume 10</volume><issue>Volume 10</issue><page>830-838</page><abstract><title>Abstract</title><p>&lt;p&gt;5-day BOD and COD can be removed by biological aerobic treatment of saline wastewater. In this research, halophilic microorganisms, namely &lt;em&gt;Aspergillus oryzae&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Halobacillus dabanensis&lt;/em&gt; were isolated from a return sludge basin of a&amp;nbsp; wastewater treatment plant in the City of Bandar Abbas &amp;nbsp;in southern Iran , that contained &amp;nbsp;a Total Dissolved&amp;nbsp; Solid (TDS) of about 7500 mg l&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt;. These microorganisms (bacteria and fungi) could tolerate 20% concentration of salt (NaCl) in Sabouraud-4% dextrose agar and Sabouraud-2% dextrose broth medium and brain heart (BHI) agar and BHI broth medium. The films of &lt;em&gt;Aspergillus oryzae&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Halobacillus dabanensis&lt;/em&gt; were formed around the Ca-alginate. These bioflims were introduced to a fixed bed column, on top of which saline wastewater was released with flow rates of 2-6 ml min&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt;. According to the results of Stover-Kincannon model, the constant values of maximum BOD and COD were estimated at 0.066 mg BOD&lt;sub&gt;5&lt;/sub&gt; l&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt;min&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt; and 0.1449 mg COD l&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt; min&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt;, respectively. The saturation constant values, at the flow rate of 2ml min&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt;, by &lt;em&gt;Aspegillus oryzae &lt;/em&gt;were 0.00003 mg BOD&lt;sub&gt;5&lt;/sub&gt; l&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt;min&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt; and 0.00038 mg COD l&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt;min&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt;. The removal process in fixed bed column was stopped after 1200 minutes.&lt;/p&gt;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><title>Keywords</title><kwd>Saline wastewater</kwd><kwd> Fixed bed column</kwd><kwd> Aspergillus oryzae</kwd><kwd> Halobacillus dabanensis</kwd></kwd-group><counts><ref-count count='' /><page-count count='' /></counts></article-meta></front></article>