Studies were carried out on the decolorization of textile azo dyes by newly isolated halophilic and halotolerant bacteria. Among the 27 strains of halophilic and halotolerant bacteria isolated from effluents of textile industries, three showed remarkable ability in decolorizing the widely utilized azo dyes. Phenotypic characterization and phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rDNA sequence compari...

A potential bacterial strain GSM2, capable of degrading an azo dye Reactive Violet 5 as a sole source of carbon, was isolated from textile mill effluent from Solapur, India. The 16S rDNA sequence and phenotypic characteristics indicated an isolated organism as Paracoccus sp. GSM2. This strain exhibited complete decolorization of Reactive Violet 5 (100 mg/L) within 16 h, while maximally it could...

The sorption studies of coomassie brilliant blue (CBB) from aqueous solution have been carried out on wheat bran (WB). Coomassie brilliant blue on wheat bran was used to study the adsorption behavior under various parameters such as pH, dosage amount, and contact time. It was observed that under optimized conditions up to 95.70% dye could be removed from solution onto WB. Langmuir and Freundlic...

Under nitrogen-limiting, secondary metabolic conditions, the white rot basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium extensively mineralized the specifically 14C-ring-labeled azo dyes 4-phenylazophenol, 4-phenylazo-2-methoxyphenol, Disperse Yellow 3 [2-(4'-acetamidophenylazo)-4-methylphenol], 4-phenylazoaniline, N,N-dimethyl-4-phenylazoaniline, Disperse Orange 3 [4-(4'-nitrophenylazo)-aniline], and...

Tri-ortho-cresyl phosphate (T.O.C.P.) is an organic phosphorus compound commonly used in industry as a plasticizer, and is so used in the manufacture of lacquers, dopes, synthetic fabrics, and synthetic lignin resin; it is used as a water-proofing agent in textile manufacture. It is said to be an excellent grinding medium for pigments; it is also used in making polyvinyl chloride sheeting and f...

Industrial effluents of textile, paper, and leather industries contain various toxic dyes as one of the waste material. It imparts major impact on human health as well as environment. The white rot fungus Pycnoporus cinnabarinus Laccase is generally used to degrade these toxic dyes. In order to decipher the mechanism of process by which Laccase degrade dyes, it is essential to know its 3D struc...

Different methods have been adopted for the removal and degradation of dyes from effluents of textile, dyeing and printing industries. These methods have their own merits and drawbacks. In the present investigation, Lead sulfide has been used as a photocatalyst for the degradation of azure-B. The effect of different parameters like the pH, concentration of dye, amount of semiconductor and light...

In the last two decades, laccases have received much attention from researchers because of their specific ability to oxidize lignin. This function of laccase is very useful for applications in several biotechnological processes, including delignification in the pulp and paper industry and the detoxification of industrial effluents from the textile and petrochemical industries. This review focus...

This work deals with the non-biodegradable azo-dye Orange II degradation using the heterogeneous Fenton-like reaction using Fe/ZSM-5 zeolite as catalyst. The influence of some relevant parameters was studied, namely pH and temperature in the ranges 3.0 – 8.5 and 30 – 53 oC, respectively. Decolorization degree, TOC removal and leaching were evaluated along time in the experiments done. It was fo...

Indigo is one of the most consumed dyes in the textile sector, as it is widely used for the dyeing of denim clothes. About 15% of indigo used in the dyeing process is discharged to the wastewater treatment plants or sometimes into rivers, in countries where regulations are not strictly applied. In this work, real effluents that contained indigo dye were treated by means of 4 different ultrafilt...