Utilization of some bacterial species to produce methanol and ethanol from Olive Mill Waste Water (OMW)


Abstract in English

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).

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