title: A study on the microbiota from olive-mill wastewater (OMW) disposal lagoons, with emphasis on filamentous fungi and their biodegradative potential.
abstract: The microbial composition of olive mill wastewater (OMW) from four disposal ponds has been studied. Such OMW samples contained a variable (but high) number of bacteria, yeasts and molds. Among the latest, members of twelve different genera (Acremonium, Alternaria, Aspergillus, Chalara, Fusarium, Lecytophora, Paecilomyces, Penicillium, Phoma, Phycomyces, Rhinocladiella and Scopulariopsis) were found. Members of five genera (Chalara, Fusarium, Paecilomyces, Penicillium and Scopulariopsis) were widely distributed, and they were able to grow efficiently in undiluted OMW as a sole source of nutrients. Strains of Fusarium, Paecilomyces, Penicillium and Scopulariopsis showed a marked capacity for OMW detoxification, depleting its antibacterial activity almost completely.
authors.affiliation: Area de Microbiología, Fac. Ciencias Experimentales, University of Jaén, Spain.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Millán
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Robles
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: de Cienfuegos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gálvez
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D018556:Crops, Agricultural; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000378:metabolism*; D000069463:Olive Oil; D010938:Plant Oils; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D000069463:Olive Oil; D010938:Plant Oils