“…The synthetic brewery wastewater medium was prepared by dissolving the following materials in tap water: 1 g L −1 malt extract, 0.5 g L −1 yeast extract, 0.15 g L −1 peptone, 0.86 g L −1 maltodextrin, 2.2 g L −1 (NH 4 ) 2 SO 4 , 2.8 mL L −1 ethanol, 0.08 g L −1 NaH 2 PO 4 , and 0.14 g L −1 Na 2 HPO 4 (70167, 70161, P6838, 419672, A4418, E7023, S3139, S9763, Merck Mexico, Company, San Andres Atoto, Naucalpan de Juárez, Mexico) [26]. This SBW had an initial COD of 1980 ± 17 mg L −1 and was based on wastewater samples obtained from a craft brewery in Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico.…”