Research Article
Biodegradation of Acid Blue 113 Containing Textile Effluent by Constructed Aerobic Bacterial Consortia: Optimization and Mechanism
C Valli Nachiyar1*, Swetha Sunkar1, G Narendra Kumar1, A Karunya1, PB Ananth1, P Prakash1 and S Anuradha Jabasingh2 | |
1Department of Biotechnology, Sathyabama University , Jeppiaar Nagar, Old Mamallapuram Road, Sholinganallur, Chennai 600 119, Tamil Nadu, India | |
2Department of Chemical Engineering, Sathyabama University, Jeppiaar Nagar, Old Mamallapuram Road, Sholinganallur, Chennai 600 119, Tamil Nadu, India | |
Corresponding Author : | C Valli Nachiyar Department of Biotechnology Sathyabama University Jeppiaar Nagar, Old Mamallapuram Road Sholinganallur, Chennai 600 119 Tamil Nadu, India Fax: 91-44-24501270 Tel: 91-44-2450 3145 E-mail: vnachiyar@gmail.com |
Received July 20, 2012; Accepted August 14, 2012; Published August 17, 2012 | |
Citation: Nachiyar CV, Sunkar S, Kumar GN, Karunya A, Ananth PB, et al. (2012) Biodegradation of Acid Blue 113 Containing Textile Effluent by Constructed Aerobic Bacterial Consortia: Optimization and Mechanism. J Bioremed Biodeg 3:162. doi:10.4172/2155-6199.1000162 | |
Copyright: © 2012 Nachiyar CV, et al. This is an open-a ccess article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
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Abstract
A bacterial consortium was constructed using five different bacterial strains isolated from the effluent with the ability to degrade Acid Blue 113, a diazo dye. These organisms were identified as Citrobacter freundii (2 strains), Moraxella osloensis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa using 16S rRNA analysis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa CLRI BL22. The consortium was found to degrade 90% of the dye by 22 h in 80% diluted textile effluent supplemented with glucose and ammonium nitrate. Optimization studies using Response Surface Methodology have confirmed that the degradation process was predominantly influenced by agitation and pH where as glucose was found to have negative effect. TLC analyses indicated the presence of metanilic acid and peri acid in 24 h sample which disappeared by 48 h. The GC-MS analysis has confirmed the presence of methyl salicylic acid, catechol and β-ketoadipic acid with the RT values of 7.71, 10.88 and 15.04 respectively confirming the complete degradation of Acid Blue 113.