Bioremediation of Textile Dye Effluent by Bacillus and Pseudomonas Spp

Textile effluent is one of the known sources of pollution, which usually contain several chemicals, which contaminate the receiving water. This study was conducted to understand the ability of Bacillus sp., and Pseudomonas sp., on decolourization and normalization of other physicochemical parameters, such as odour, temperature, pH, total solids, total dissolved solids, total suspended solids, total hardness, BOD, COD, calcium, magnesium and chlorine of textile dye effluent. The textile dye discharge was collected from a mill effluent outlet, Uppilipalayam, Erode, India, and subjected to biological characterization for the presence of total heterotrophic bacteria by serial dilution, and cultured on nutrient agar plates. The presence of Bacillus and Pseudomonas spp., were identified biochemically. The results indicated that Bacillus sp., have higher colour removing capacity and the ability to bring back normalcy in the physicochemical parameters of effluent than that of Pseudomonas sp.