Ciliate population of aeration tanks of Khabarovsk treatment facilities

Tribun Mikhail Markovich, Zhukov Andrei Valerevich

the paper presents data on the fauna of ciliates of wastewater treatment plants in Khabarovsk. It was found that the ciliocenosis of the studied aerotanks includes 57 species belonging to 2 subtypes and 8 classes. The trophic structure is dominated by bacterio-detritophages (72%), while the ecotopic structure is dominated by the periphyton and periphyton-benthic groups.

Keywords:infusorians, ciliofauna, activated sludge, wastewater, sewage treatment plants.