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El-Serehy HA, Bahgat MM, Al-Rasheid K, et al. Cilioprotists as biological indicators for estimating the efficiency of using Gravel Bed Hydroponics System in domestic wastewater treatment. Saudi J Biol Sci. 2013;21(3):250-5doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2013.11.003.
El-Serehy, H. A., Bahgat, M. M., Al-Rasheid, K., Al-Misned, F., Mortuza, G., & Shafik, H. (2014). Cilioprotists as biological indicators for estimating the efficiency of using Gravel Bed Hydroponics System in domestic wastewater treatment. Saudi journal of biological sciences, 21(3), 250-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2013.11.003
El-Serehy, Hamed A, et al. "Cilioprotists as biological indicators for estimating the efficiency of using Gravel Bed Hydroponics System in domestic wastewater treatment." Saudi journal of biological sciences vol. 21,3 (2014): 250-5. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2013.11.003
El-Serehy HA, Bahgat MM, Al-Rasheid K, Al-Misned F, Mortuza G, Shafik H. Cilioprotists as biological indicators for estimating the efficiency of using Gravel Bed Hydroponics System in domestic wastewater treatment. Saudi J Biol Sci. 2014 Jul;21(3):250-5. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2013.11.003. Epub 2013 Nov 21. PMID: 24955010; PMCID: PMC4061403.
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Saudi J Biol Sci. 2014 Jul;21(3):250-5. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2013.11.003. Epub 2013 Nov 21.

Cilioprotists as biological indicators for estimating the efficiency of using Gravel Bed Hydroponics System in domestic wastewater treatment.

Saudi journal of biological sciences

Hamed A El-Serehy, Magdy M Bahgat, Khaled Al-Rasheid, Fahad Al-Misned, Golam Mortuza, Hesham Shafik

Affiliations

  1. Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt ; Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  2. Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt.
  3. Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  4. Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt ; Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Limnoecology Research Group, University of Pannonia, Egyetem u. 10, H-8200 Veszprem, Hungary.

PMID: 24955010 PMCID: PMC4061403 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2013.11.003

Abstract

Interest has increased over the last several years in using different methods for treating sewage. The rapid population growth in developing countries (Egypt, for example, with a population of more than 87 millions) has created significant sewage disposal problems. There is therefore a growing need for sewage treatment solutions with low energy requirements and using indigenous materials and skills. Gravel Bed Hydroponics (GBH) as a constructed wetland system for sewage treatment has been proved effective for sewage treatment in several Egyptian villages. The system provided an excellent environment for a wide range of species of ciliates (23 species) and these organisms were potentially very useful as biological indicators for various saprobic conditions. Moreover, the ciliates provided excellent means for estimating the efficiency of the system for sewage purification. Results affirmed the ability of this system to produce high quality effluent with sufficient microbial reduction to enable the production of irrigation quality water.

Keywords: Ciliates; Gravel Bed Hydroponics Systems; Pollution indicator; Sewage; Wastewater

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