Abstract
The landfill leachate and industrial effluents (farm of swine, poultry, cattle, distilleries, etc.) present concentrations above 800 mg.L−1 of ammoniacal nitrogen. The absence of economically viable processes for its removal has led to the loss of the water body potability. An innovative bioprocess was developed for the bioremediation of NH3. The residual crude glycerol from biodiesel production was innovatively used in a mixed culture of heterotrophic bacteria and cyanobacteria to reduce the NH3 toxicity and enhance the consumption of the NH3. >600 mg.L−1 of NH3 (consumption of 100 mg.L−1.d−1) was consumed in just 8 days, with efficiency of 100 % approximately. Also, there was a promising production of compounds of industrial interest by these microorganisms: polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) for biodegradable plastics by heterotrophic bacteria (132 ± 19 mg.g−1); pigments by A. platensis (phycocyanin: 84.2 ± 2.8 mg.g−1 and total carotenoid: 1.62 ± 0.18) and proteins (38 ± 2 %)., with a maximum biomass productivity of 0.435 ± 0.004 mg.L−1.d−1.
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