Papers by Rajeshwar Tyagi
Enzyme and Microbial Technology, Nov 1, 2007
Conidiation and lytic enzyme production by Trichoderma viride at different solids concentration o... more Conidiation and lytic enzyme production by Trichoderma viride at different solids concentration of pre-treated municipal wastewater sludge was examined in a 15-L fermenter. The maximum conidia concentration (5.94 × 10 7 CFU mL −1 at 96 h) was obtained at 30 g L −1 ...
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Process Biochemistry, Oct 1, 1999
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Process Biochemistry, Feb 1, 2006
... Booster formulations (enhanced entomotoxicity). 4. Environmental effects; 4.1. ... 2] and [3]... more ... Booster formulations (enhanced entomotoxicity). 4. Environmental effects; 4.1. ... 2] and [3] . A biological pesticide is effective only if it has a potential major impact on the ... in the past, xylene was used as a preservative in Bt formulations, but its adverse environmental impacts later led ...
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Journal of Economic Entomology, Sep 1, 2006
Screening of different adjuvants, namely, suspending agents, phagostimulants, stickers, antimicro... more Screening of different adjuvants, namely, suspending agents, phagostimulants, stickers, antimicrobial agents, and UV screens to develop aqueous biopesticidal suspensions of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) variety kurstaki HD-1 fermented broths, specifically, nonhydrolyzed sludge, hydrolyzed sludge, starch industry wastewater, and soya (commercial medium), were investigated. The selected suspending agents [20% (wt:vol)] included sorbitol, sodium monophosphate, and sodium metabisulfite with corresponding suspendibility of 74-92, 69-85, and 71-82%, respectively. Molasses [0.2% (wt:vol)] increased adherence by 84-90% for all fermented broths. The optimal phagostimulants [0.5% (wt:vol)], namely, soya and molasses, caused entomotoxicity increase of 3-13 and 7-13%, respectively. Sorbic and propionic acids showed high antimicrobial action [0.5% (wt:vol)], irrespective of fermentation medium. Sodium lignosulfonate, molasses, and Congo red, when used as UV screens [0.2% (wt:vol)], showed percent corresponding entomotoxicity losses of 3-5, 0.5-5 and 2-16, respectively. The Bt formulations, when exposed to UV radiation, showed higher half-lives (with and without UV screens) than the fermented broths or semisynthetic soya medium and commercial Bt formulation. UV screen-amended nonhydrolyzed, hydrolyzed, and starch industry wastewater formulations showed 1.3-1.5-fold higher half-lives than commercial Bt formulation. Thus, the recommended formulation comprises sorbitol, sodium monophosphate, sodium metabisulfite (suspending agents); molasses, soya flour (phagostimulants); molasses and skimmed milk powder (rainfasteners); sorbic and propionic acids (antimicrobial agents) and sodium lignosulfate; and molasses and Congo red (UV screens). These waste-based Bt formulations offer better UV resistance in comparison with commercial formulation.
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Waste Management, Mar 1, 2010
Nanotechnology has widespread application in agricultural, environmental and industrial sectors r... more Nanotechnology has widespread application in agricultural, environmental and industrial sectors ranging from fabrication of molecular assemblies to microbial array chips. Despite the booming application of nanotechnology, there have been serious implications which are coming into light in the recent years within different environmental compartments, namely air, water and soil and its likely impact on the human health. Health and environmental effects of common metals and materials are well-known, however, when the metals and materials take the form of nanoparticles--consequential hazards based on shape and size are yet to be explored. The nanoparticles released from different nanomaterials used in our household and industrial commodities find their way through waste disposal routes into the wastewater treatment facilities and end up in wastewater sludge. Further escape of these nanoparticles into the effluent will contaminate the aquatic and soil environment. Hence, an understanding of the presence, behavior and impact of these nanoparticles in wastewater and wastewater sludge is necessary and timely. Despite the lack of sufficient literature, the present review attempts to link various compartmentalization aspects of the nanoparticles, their physical properties and toxicity in wastewater and wastewater sludge through simile drawn from other environmental streams.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering, Jul 1, 2010
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... Contributing Authors Shankha Banerji, University of Missouri - Columbia Alok Bhandari, Kansas... more ... Contributing Authors Shankha Banerji, University of Missouri - Columbia Alok Bhandari, Kansas State University JF Biais, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique Satinder K. Brar, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique Pascale Champagne, Queens University Ravi ...
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Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Jan 31, 2010
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Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 1995
The microbial population encountered during a simultaneous thermophilic microbial leaching and di... more The microbial population encountered during a simultaneous thermophilic microbial leaching and digestion process at 50 degrees C, based on microbial sulfur oxidation, was investigated. The cell count of the sulfuric acid producer Thiobacillus thermosulfatus increased, followed by a decrease. In the absence of sulfur (control: conventional thermophilic digestion), Thiobacillus thermosulfatus population decreased under the detection limit. Acidophilic and neutrophilic heterotrophic populations increased during the leaching process, and the final acidophilic population count was higher than the neutrophilic population. During the thermophilic digestion (control), the final neutrophilic population count was higher than the acidophilic. Six heterotrophic bacterial strains were isolated and partially characterized. Bacillus was the most predominant genus. The type of bacterial populations in thermophilic microbial leaching and digestion, as well as the thermophilic digestion process (control), were the same, while only the relative concentrations changed. In both processes, the bacterial indicators decreased under the detection limit after 12 h. Mesophilic heterotrophic population was more affected by the thermophilic microbial leaching process than by thermophilic digestion. Sludge mineralization was probably more influenced by the final cell concentration rather than the presence of an individual species or mixed population.
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Journal of Hazardous Materials, Sep 1, 2009
This study concerns the treatment by precipitation of three acidic and metal-rich leachates by us... more This study concerns the treatment by precipitation of three acidic and metal-rich leachates by using various reagents. Two treatment modes (simple and combined precipitation) have been performed to evaluate the metals removal efficiency and the dewatering ability of the generated sludge. It appears that for the three leachates used, the Ca(OH)(2) addition gave better metals removal at pH 10.0 than the use of NaOH at the same pH. Moreover, the combination of NaOH and Na(2)S allows better removal for Pb(2+), Zn(2+), Cu(2+) and Mn(2+) ions than with NaOH/Na(2)CO(3) or NaOH/Na(2)HPO(4). The dewaterability (vacuum filtration) of precipitates produced during the treatment of soil leachate was established as follows on the basis of the specific resistance to filtration (SRF) values: sulphides (4.3 x 10(12)mkg(-1))<phosphates (6.4 x 10(12) m kg(-1))<hydroxides [Ca(OH)(2)] (14.2 x 10(12) m kg(-1))<hydroxides [NaOH] (19.7 x 10(12) m kg(-1))<carbonates (26.5 x 10(12) m kg(-1)). For the fly ash leachate treatment, the obtained results were quite similar no matter the treatment mode used; the SRF values were in a range of 5-7 x 10(12) m kg(-1), while sludge volume index (SVI) ranged from 39 to 50 mL g(-1). The sludge generated during the treatment of sewage sludge filtrate using phosphate salt gave the best results regarding to SVI and SRF parameters (180 mL g(-1) and 7.6 x 10(12) m kg(-1), respectively). Experimental results show that whatever precipitating agent is used, vacuum filtration is more efficient in water elimination [total solids: 11-73% (ww(-1))] than in centrifugation [5-11% (ww(-1))] from sludge.
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Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, 2002
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Water Science and Technology, Feb 1, 2008
Impact of long-term land application of biosolids on groundwater and soil quality of an applicati... more Impact of long-term land application of biosolids on groundwater and soil quality of an application site, which had been operated for 8-15 years, was evaluated in this study. During and after the biosolids application, biosolids-amended soil, groundwater, and background soil samples were collected mainly for pathogen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and heavy metal analyses. Soil test data showed that there was no heavy metal accumulation in the biosolids-amended soil even after 10 years of biosolids application. Similar results were also observed from the groundwater samples in which the heavy metal concentrations in all groundwater samples were well below the maximum contamination levels of the drinking water standards. In addition, bacteriological levels of the soil and groundwater samples were close to the background level and below the permissible limits, respectively, thereby showing no pathogen contamination. However, nitrate-nitrogen contamination of the groundwater was occasionally observed probably due to an excess loading of the biosolids in the past. This problem can be alleviated by applying biosolids at agronomic rates so that no excess nitrogen is available for leaching down to the groundwater.
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Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, 2009
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J Environ Eng Sci, 2003
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