P. THIRUNAVUKKARASU, A. PANNEERSELVAM, P. SHANMUGAM AND S. SESHADHERI
Abstract
Bacteria were isolated from the activated sludge plant and identified based on the morphological and biochemical characters. The heterotrophic bacterial population load and protease producing bacteria were also determined The Physico-chemical characters were correlated with total heterotrophic bacterial population. Further studies on the nature and identification of the microbes of the environment using culturable, non-culturable and metabolic studies would help to improve the operation quality of the waste water treatment process.