Biodecolourisation of Reactive Red 120 as a Sole Carbon Source by a Bacterial Consortium-Toxicity Assessment and Statistical Optimisation.

ABSTRACT: The application of microorganisms in azo dye remediation has gained significant attention, leading to various published studies reporting different methods for obtaining the best dye decolouriser. This paper investigates and compares the role of methods and media used in obtaining a bacterial consortium capable of decolourising azo dye as the sole carbon source, which is extremely rare to find. It was demonstrated that a prolonged acclimation under low substrate availability successfully isolated a novel consortium capable of utilising Reactive Red 120 dye as a sole carbon source in aerobic conditions. This consortium, known as JR3, consists of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain MM01, Enterobacter sp. strain MM05 and Serratia marcescens strain MM06. Decolourised metabolites of consortium JR3 sh

SUBMITTER: Manogaran M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7967567 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature