Type 0803/0914

This type occurs in municipal sewage plants and in industrial plants in the textile, pharmaceutical and metal industry sectors.

 

Morphology:

Filament position: projecting out of flake or between flakes
Branching: none
Movement: none
Growth habit: straight / slightly curved
Aufwuchs: absent
Constrictions: none
Sheath: absent
Transverse walls: clearly visible
Cell form: square or rectangular
Length of filaments: variable, mostly < 200 µm (50 – 150 µm)
Filament diameter: 0.7 – 0.8 µm
Gram staining: positive
Neisser staining: negative
Special features: transparent, rectangular cells

 

Factors promoting growth:

  • high sludge load < 0.2 kg BSB5 / kg TS * d
  • old sludge
  • high chloride level

 

Countermeasures:

  • ozonisation