Research Article

An Integrated Approach of Using Polystyrene Foam as an Attachment System for Growth of Mixed Culture of Cyanobacteria with Concomitant Treatment of Copper Mine Waste Water

Table 3

Percent of reduction in COD from copper mine waste water by Cyanobacterial biomass.

Culture systemDifferent effluent
concentration
% COD reduction

Attachment system20%
40%
60%
Suspended system20%
40%
60%

Values are represented as mean ± standard deviation of three independent experiments.
The values indicated by (*) are not significantly different from control at , determined by two-way ANOVA followed by post hoc test.