Arsenic contamination in water poses a serious threat on human health. The tea fungus known as Kombucha is a waste produced during black tea fermentation. The objective of this study was to examine the main aspect of a possible strategy for the removal of arsenates employing tea fungal biomass. The pretreatment of biomass with FeCl3 was found to improve the biosorption efficiency. Arsenics upta...

Laccases have potential applications in industrial, biotechnological, and environmental set ups. Development of cost effective and efficient production technologies has gained significant attention in recent years. To enhance the laccase production from Rheinheimera sp. (Gram negative) using submerged fermentation (SmF) and from Lysinibacillus sp. (Gram positive) using solid-state fermentation ...

Industrial waste constitutes the major source of various kinds of metal pollution in natural water. There are at least 20 metals which cannot be degraded or destroyed. The important toxic metals are Cd, Zn, Pb, Cr, Cu, and Ni. There are numerous methods currently employed to remove and recover the metals from our environment and many physico-chemical methods have been proposed for their removal...

Abstract: The aim of this study is to determine the effect growing media on antioxidant properties and antimicrobial activities Pleurotus ostreatus(Jacq. ex Fr.) P. Kumm. In study, substrates were prepared with five tree sawdust (80%) waste (20% Tea Waste or Wheat Bran) at different ratios (80% Sawdust + 20% TW, 80% GW). methanol extracts from 19 ostreatus against microorganisms tested by agar ...

little information is available on the effects of applying compost tea to species in dry regions. compost from agricultural waste can promote drought resistance in plants and increase their growth by improving soil structure and providing nutrients and enhancing the capacity of the soil to store moisture. in order to examine these effects, compost tea was tested on two species growing in dry re...

Plant growth promoting ability of Bacillus megaterium (TRS-4), isolated from rhizosphere of tea bushes, was tested on 5 varieties of teaTV-18, TV-23, TV-25, TV-26 and T-17/1/154 in the experimental field and in potted condition. An increase in height, emergence of new leaves, branches and increase in leaf numbers as well as increase in leaf dry mass was observed following application of the bac...