In this study, we review the possibility of production both ethanol and methanol from
OMW(OMW: Olive Mill Wastewater), fermented using pathogenic bacteria and isolated
marine bacteria. The results showed that when using Salmonella sp. bacteria, the
highest
values of methanol (5658.308 μg /l) appear at 7.5% concentration of the OMW, and the
higher concentration of ethanol (49.132 μg/l) at a concentration of 17.5% fermentation of
OMW. While Pseudomonas sp. produced the highest concentration of methanol (603.76μ
g/l) and ethanol (688.71μg /l) at 17.5% for OMW.
The results of this research showedthe ability of the bacteria isolated from sea water
in producing the above mentioned alcohols; for example the X3 bacteria displayed a direct
correlation between high concentrations of OMW (15 , 35 , 50)% and the high
concentrations of produced methanol (UL, 130.406μg/l, 1353.244μg/l ), apposite to
ethanol which was under the detection limits (under limited: UL).
