*Department of Botany, Bishop Heber College, Trichirappalli, Tamil Nadu-620 017.
**Department of Chemistry, J. J. College of Engineering and Technology, Trichirappalli, Tamil Nadu-620 009.
Department of Chemistry, Indra Ganesan College of Engineering, Trichirappalli, Tamil Nadu-620 012
Online published on 17 January, 2012.
The use of Rotating Biological Contactors (RBCs) to treat waste water using thin film of aerobic microorganisms on rotating cylinders is one of the methods of biological treatment processes. An overview of the isolation and identification of bacteria responsible for the maximum degradation of organic matter in washwater from distillery using Rotating Biological Contactor has been given.
Degradation, organic matter, biofilm, Enterobacter aerogenes.
