Evaluation of molasses-melanoidin decolourisation by potential bacterial consortium discharged in distillery effluent.

ABSTRACT: The extracted sugarcane molasses-melanoidins showed the presence of Mn (8.20), Cr (2.97), Zn (16.61), Cu (2.55), Fe (373.95), Pb (2.59), and Ni (4.18 mg L-1) along with mixture of other organic compounds which have endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) properties. A consortium of aerobic bacteria comprising Klebsiella pneumoniae (KU321273), Salmonella enteric (KU726954), Enterobacter aerogenes (KU726955), and Enterobacter cloacae (KU726957) showed the optimum decolourisation of molasses-melanoidins up to 81% through co-metabolism in the presence of glucose (1.0%) and peptone (0.2%) as a carbon and nitrogen source, respectively. The absorption spectrum scanning by UV-visible spectrophotometer between 200 and 700 nm revealed reductions of absorption spectrum of organic compounds present in b

SUBMITTER: Chandra R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5856728 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature