Date of Award
4-1984
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Biological Sciences
First Advisor
Dr. Clarence J. Goodnight
Second Advisor
Dr. Marjory Spradling
Third Advisor
Dr. Joseph Engemann
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Examination of wastewater secondary influent and activated sludge reveal that bacteria and fungi may exist in a negative correlation. Activated sludge may support a resident population of microfungi. All fungi isolated from secondary influent and activated sludge belong to the form-class Deuteromycetes. The density of geofungi in activated sludge may exceed that of bacterial chemolithotrophs and rival that of bacterial heterotrophs.
Recommended Citation
Jaques, Douglas William, "The Fungal Ecology of the Activated Sludge Process" (1984). Masters Theses. 1487.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1487