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US 4,290,891 AGranted
Method for growing a deammonifying culture and use thereof in wastewater treatment
OwnerRoy A. Ackermaninventor
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Abstract
A method for growing a culture capable of degrading ammonia which includes inoculating a mediium with a culture identified as ATCC 31381 or one or more of the primary cultures thereof; wherein the medium is a semisolid containing ground peanut hulls, water, a carbonate source, an ammonia source and a phosphate source. The culture is suitable for treating waste waters to degrade ammonia therein.
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A method for treating waste water and for degrading ammonia in said waste water which comprises:
- a. obtaining a culture having the identification of ATCC 31381 or one of its primary cultures, or mixtures thereof;
- b. adding said culture to said waste water in an amount sufficient to degrade a predetermined quantity of said ammonia;
- c. said culture and waste water being under aerobic conditions.
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