DIE-OFF OF ENTERIC BACTERIAL PATHOGENS DURING MESOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION

The aim of the study was to determine the efficiency of mesophilic anaerobic digestion in removing the bacterial enteric pathogens, salmonella senftenberg, listeria monocytogenes and campylobacter jejuni which were added as a spike to the digester feedstock, together with the die off of indegenous Escherichia Coli already present in the sludge. Materials and methods of sampling, results, comparison with other similar studies investigated in the world are presented.