Crc for Waste Management and Pollution Control, Limited

Jurg Keller

Paul F Greenfield

Kin Man Ho

Paul Christopher Burrell

Kanthavanam Subramaniam

Linda Louise Blackall

The invention relates to the nitrification of wastewater and identification of microorganisms capable of participating in this process. Specifically, the invention provides a consortium of microorganisms capable of nitrite oxidation in wastewater, which consortium is enriched in members of the Nitrospira phylum. The invention also provides oligonucleotide primers and probes for the amplification or detection of Nitrospira DNA, kits comprising the primers and probes, and methods of detection and quantitating Nitrospira species in a sample.

Method for the detection of aquatic nitrite oxidizing microorganisms of the genus nitrospira

A method of operating a sequencing batch reactor having a cycle consisting of FILL, REACT, SETTLE and DRAW periods and optionally an IDLE period, wherein supply of feed to the sequencing batch reactor comprises distributing the feed into settled sludge in the bottom part of the reactor. Also provided is a method of operating a sequencing batch reactor having the foregoing cycle, wherein the FILL and REACT periods include at least one non-mixed period.

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Taringa, Australia

Jurg Keller