biostudies-literatureUnknown7Sivaprakasam S<h4>Background</h4>High salinity (1-10% w/v) of tannery wastewater makes it difficult to be treated by conventional biological treatment. Salt tolerant microbes can adapt to these saline conditions and degrade the organics in saline wastewater.<h4>Results</h4>Four salt tolerant bacterial strains isolated from marine and tannery saline wastewater samples were identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus flexus, Exiguobacterium homiense and Staphylococcus aureus. Growth factors of the identified strains were optimized. Tannery saline wastewater obtained from a Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) near Chennai (southern India) was treated with pure and mixed consortia of four salt tolerant bacterial strains. Experiments with optimized conditions and varying salt content (between 2 and 10%Microbial cell factories15https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC2397378biostudies-literatureBiological treatment of tannery wastewater by using salt-tolerant bacterial strains.PMC2397378Mahadevan SSekar SRajakumar SSivaprakasam SfalseBiological treatment of tannery wastewater by using salt-tolerant bacterial strains.<h4>Background</h4>High salinity (1-10% w/v) of tannery wastewater makes it difficult to be treated by conventional biological treatment. Salt tolerant microbes can adapt to these saline conditions and degrade the organics in saline wastewater.<h4>Results</h4>Four salt tolerant bacterial strains isolated from marine and tannery saline wastewater samples were identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus flexus, Exiguobacterium homiense and Staphylococcus aureus. Growth factors of the identified strains were optimized. Tannery saline wastewater obtained from a Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) near Chennai (southern India) was treated with pure and mixed consortia of four salt tolerant bacterial strains. Experiments with optimized conditions and varying salt content (between 2 and 10%2008-01-01T00:00:00Z2008 Apr2026-03-16T16:26:39.97Z2019-03-27T00:15:18ZS-EPMC23973781844525210.1186/1475-2859-7-15