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Table 2 Different algal strains used in the decolorization and degradation of basic dyes
Algal culture

Dye (class), dye concentration Mechanism Dye removal

(%)

Contact
time

Reference

Sargassum muticum
(seaweed)

Methylene blue (cationic thiazine),
279.2 mg g − 1

Biosorption 34 min Rubin et al. ( 2005 )

90

Cosmarium sp. Malachite green (Triarylmethane),

10 ppm

Biodegradation,
pH 9

210 min Daneshvar et al. ( 2007 )

74

Ulva lactuca and Sargassum Methylene blue (cationic thiazine),

40.2 mg g − 1

Biosorption 25 min Tahir et al. ( 2008 )

96

Caulerpa lentillifera Methylene blue (Thiazine),

49.26 mg g − 1

Biosorption n.s. 30 min Marungrueng and

Pavasant ( 2007 )

Caulerpa racemosa var.
cylindracea

Methylene blue (cationic thiazine),
66.7 g l − 1

Biosorption 90 min Cengiz and Cavas ( 2008 )

95

Cystoseira barbatula
K ü tzing

Methylene blue (cationic thiazine),
38.61 mg g − 1

Biosorption n.s. 210 min Caparkaya and Cavas

( 2008 )

Azolla liculoides Methylene blue (cationic thiazine),

166.7 mg g − 1

Biosorption 76.2 h Padmesh et al. ( 2008 )

84.9

Basic orange (cationic), 833.33 mg g − 1 Azolla liculoides Biosorption 4 h Tan et al. ( 2011 )

93

Chlamydomonas sp. Basic green 4 (Triphenylmethane),

10 mg l − 1

Biosorption 180 min Khataee et al. ( 2009 )

80

Hydrilla verticillata Methylene blue (cationic thiazine),

200 mg l − 1

Biosorption 150 min Kannan et al. ( 2010 )

99

Cladospora sp. Malachite green (Triarylmethane),

10 mg l − 1

Biodegradation 75 min Khataee and Dehghan

( 2011 )

71

Dunaliella salina Methylene blue (Thiazine), 5 ppm Biosorption 7 days Adb-Al-Kareem and Taha

( 2012 )

97

Spirulina platensis Acid blue 9 (Triphenylmethane),

1,653 mg g − 1

Biosorption 100 min Dotto et al. ( 2012 )

95