• DocumentCode
    3340012
  • Title

    Notice of Retraction
    Inhibitory Effects of Streptomycin and Erythromycin on Methane Production of Anaerobic Granular Sludge

  • Author

    Chun Liu ; Liang Li ; Jing-Liang Yang ; Hui-Na Yang ; Run Zhang

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Environ. Sci. & Eng., Hebei Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Shijiazhuang, China
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    10-12 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Notice of Retraction

    After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.

    We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.

    The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.

    The inhibitory effects of erythromycin and streptomycin on methane production of anaerobic granular sludge treating avermectin wastewater were investigated. The results indicated that erythromycin and streptomycin showed different effects on methane production of the sludge sample. Obvious lag time, lower production rate and lower final production of methane as well as higher pH values in the presence of streptomycin indicated stronger inhibition of streptomycin on both acetogenesis and methanogenesis, compared to erythromycin. The low half-inhibitory concentration of streptomycin for methane production was obtained as 7.49 mg/L. Erythromycin showed complicated effect on methane production, not only inhibition, especially at low concentration. The maximum methane production rate and final methane production were obtained at erythromycin concentration of 10 mg/L and 120 mg/L, respectively. Different familiarities of antibiotics to microbes in the sludge were considered to be responsible for different effects on methane production.
  • Keywords
    biotechnology; granular materials; organic compounds; sludge treatment; wastewater treatment; acetogenesis; anaerobic granular sludge; avermectin wastewater treatment; erythromycin; half-inhibitory concentration; inhibitory effects; methane production; methanogenesis; streptomycin; Antibiotics; Electron tubes; Inductors; Methanol; Microorganisms; Production; Wastewater;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, (iCBBE) 2011 5th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Wuhan
  • ISSN
    2151-7614
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5088-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/icbbe.2011.5781225
  • Filename
    5781225