As microalgas são consideradas como um dos melhores super alimentos. De entre elas, destacam-se algumas espécies de Chlorella, cujo consumo tem efeitos benéficos nos sistemas imunitário e gastrointestinal, e na prevenção de doenças cardiovasculares, diabetes e anemia (Nuño et al., 2013; Yamaguchi, 1996). Estes microrganismos são capazes de converter fontes de carbono orgânico (e.g. açúcares, ácido acético) e/ou...
An industrial scale UASB reactor treating a brewery wastewater was monitored during several months, in order to assess the usefulness of a morphological parameter relating the filaments length to the projected area of aggregates, LfA, to anticipate washout problems. It was observed that a selective washout of filamentous bacterial forms could explain the decrease of the acetoclastic and hydrogenophilic activity...