[Isolation of filamentous fungi capable of enhancing sludge dewaterability and study of mechanisms responsible for the sludge dewaterability enhancement].

To study the influence of filamentous fungi on the sludge dewaterability is very significant for the development of biological treatment methods for enhancing sludge dewaterability. In this study, filamentous fungi capable of enhancing sludge dewaterability were isolated from sewage sludge and the related mechanisms responsible for the sludge dewaterability enhancement were investigated. A filamentous fungus Mucor circinelloides ZG-3 was successfully isolated from sludge, and sludge dewaterability could be drastically improved by this fungus.

[Biosynthetic schwertmannite as catalyst in Fenton-like reactions for degradation of methyl orange].

Biosynthesized schwertmannite was used as catalyst in photo-Fenton-like reaction to facilitate the degradation of methyl orange (MO). Schwertmannite was synthesized through the oxidation of FeSO4 by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans LX5 cell suspension at an initial pH 2.5 and 28 degress C for 3 days and characterized using X-ray diffraction spectroscopy and scanning electron microscope.

[Elimination of pathogens in municipal sludge and tannery sludge by bioleaching approach].

Heavy metals could be removed from sludge by bioleaching approach, and pathogens in sludge may also be eliminated by the approach. Elimination efficiencies of pathogens in municipal sludge and tannery sludge during bioleaching were studied through batch trials. The results revealed that, after 6 - 7 days of bioleaching compared with the control without bioleaching, the amounts of bacteria in municipal sludge decreased from 1.