Azo dyes are used in abundance in several industries like textile, printing, paper, plastic, cosmetics, paints, etc. Extensive discharge of such dyes in adjacent water bodies has raised much environmental concern. Azo dyes are toxic to living organisms and their genotoxic and carcinogenic potentials are intensified on being released as mixtures. In the recent years, various microorganisms have ...

Water plays a vital and essential role in our ecosystem. This natural resource is becoming scarce, making its availability a major social and economic concern. Use of a large variety of synthetic dyes in textile industries has raised an hazardous environmental alert. About 17 20% of freshwater pollution is caused by textile effluents. These effluents are recalcitrant to biodegradation and cause...

Methylene blue is one of the textile dyes that are commonly used in coloring industry. The discharge wastewater containing residual substances into environment can lead to environmental pollution. Thus, bioremediation be a solution reduce dye pollution by using bacterial strains. In present study, two strains with ability degrade methylene were isolated from contaminated soil. Both bacteria fur...