The release of wastewater and the shrimp feed cost are the main challenges faced by the shrimp farming industry. An alternative solution to both problems is biofloc production in a unit external to the farm, in an activated sludge system for effluent treatment. The treatment system’s influent was composed of the shrimp farm wastewater supplemented with urea and sugarcane molasses. The results show that the aver...
Microorganisms have been widely studied for the removal of various contaminants in wastewater, among them heavy metals. This study is the main approach of metal removal by filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger isolated from the effluent of a petrochemical industry. The research was divided into two parts, the first was to check the toxicity effect of Zn (II) and Cr (VI) by the fungus studied, since these polluta...