Role of Bacterial-Fungal Consortium for Enhancement in the Degradation of Industrial Dyes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The presence of anthraquinone (Disperse blue 64) and azodyes (Acid yellow 17) in a waterbody are considered among the most dangerous pollutants.

Methods

In this study, two different isolated microbes, bacterium and fungus, were individually and as a co-culture applied for the degradation of Disperse Blue 64 (DB 64) and Acid Yellow 17 (AY 17) dyes. The isolates were genetically identified based upon 16S (for bacteria) and ITS/5.8S (for fungus) rRNA genes sequences as Pseudomoans aeruginosa and Aspergillus flavus, respectively.

Results

The fungal/bacterial consortium exhibited a higher percentage of dyes degradation than the individual strains, even at a high concentration of 300 mg/L. Azoreductase could be identified as the main catabolic enzyme and the cons

SUBMITTER: Mawad AMM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7521038 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature