The current work is aimed to evaluate the degradation of Reactive Red 35 (RR35) by Pseudomonas aeruginosa ARSKS20 that decolorized 100 mg/L dye at 8.27 mg/L/h rate under optimum conditions. Induction of laccase, lignin peroxidase, tyrosinase, Veratryl alcohol oxidase, NADH-DCIP reductase, azoreductase enzymes during dye decolorization suggested their active participation in dye degradation. Met...

Azo dyes are important chemical pollutants of industrial origin. Textile azo dyes with bioaccessible groups for lignin degrading fungi, such as 2-methoxyphenol (guaiacol) and 2,6-dimethoxyphenol (syringol), were synthesised using different aminobenzoic and aminosulphonic acids as diazo components. The inocula of the best biodegradation assays were obtained from a pre-growth medium (PAM), contai...

A bacterial strain GSM3, capable of decolorizing an azo dye Reactive Red 2 was isolated from dye contaminated soil sample collected from Ammu dyeing industry, Bellary, India. Based on phenotypic characteristics and 16S rDNA sequencing, strain GSM3 was identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa GSM3. Isolate GSM3 showed 97% decolorization of Reactive Red 2 (300 mgL) within 10 h, while maximally it cou...

Biodegradation and detoxification of dyes, Malachite green, Nigrosin and Basic fuchsin have been carried out using two fungal isolates Aspergillus niger, and Phanerochaete chrysosporium, isolated from dye effluent soil. Three methods were selected for biodegradation, viz. agar overlay and liquid media methods; stationary and shaking conditions at 25 °C. Aspergillus niger recorded maximum decolo...

Bacillus halodurans MTCC 865 was employed for decolorization of textile azo dye, Acid Black-24 (AB-24). Thousand mgl⁻¹ of AB-24 was decolorized with 90% efficiency by the strain within 6 hrs at pH 9 and 37 °C with 5% NaCl under static conditions in screening medium. Decolorization was evaluated by measuring the periodic decrease in absorbance at 557 nm (λ(max)). Biodegradation of Acid Black-24 ...

Azo dyes are one of the oldest industrially synthesized organic compounds characterized by presence of Azo bond (-N=N-) and are widely utilized as coloring agents in textile, leather, cosmetic, paint, plastic, paper, and food industries During textile processing, inefficiencies in dyeing result in large amounts of the dyestuff (varying from 2% loss when using basic dyes to a 50% loss when certa...

Owing to the inherent shortcomings of conventional biological dye effluent treatment processes, researchers have proposed diverse intriguing approaches that await practical implementation. This study demonstrates the feasibility of an innovative membrane-coupled fungi reactor. Preliminary batch tests revealed the noteworthy role of biosorption along with biodegradation in decoloration, and also...

Malachite green dye is widely used in food and textile industries for various purposes and also used as biocide in the aquaculture industry to control fungal attacks and protozoan infections. Surface and ground water is contaminated by dyes due to discharge of untreated wastewater from industries. The presence of malachite green in water causes serious health effects such as mutagenesis, re...

Environmental release of benzidine-based dyes is a matter of health concern. Here, a microbial consortium was enriched from textile dye contaminated soils and investigated for biodegradation of the carcinogenic benzidine-based dye Trypan Blue using wheat bran (WB) as growth medium. The PCR-DGGE analysis of enriched microbial consortium revealed the presence of 15 different bacteria. Decolorizat...