Microbe-Mediated Degradation of Synthetic Dyes in Wastewater - Microbial Degradation of Synthetic Dyes in Wastewaters - page 218

Table 3 Facultative and strictly anaerobic bacteria cultures, which are able to decolorize azo dyes under anaerobic conditions
Organism Dyes Activity Decoloration Comments References

mol ml − 1 h − 1
0.74
0.62
0.70
0.67

Clostridium perfringens
ATCC 3626

Amaranth
Methyl
orange
Orange II
Tartrazine

µ Dye concentration of 0.033 mM Abadulla et al.

( 2000 )

-
-
-
-

Pseudomonas GM3 Acid violet

7
Reactive
blue 2
Acid green
27
Acid red
183
Indigo
Carmine

97.4
18.3
75.6
20.1
69.0

After 72 h of incubation. Dye concentration
of 100 mg l − 1

Albuquerque et al.
( 2005 )

-
-
-
-
-

10 − 2 /mg
protein
1.81
1.39
1.20
1.37

Enterococcus faecalis Methyl red

Orange II
OrangeG
Amaranth

AU × 99.84

95.1
64.1
99.5

After 20 h of incubation. Dye concentration
of 0.2 mM

APHA ( 1998 )

Eubacterium biforme Tartrazine

Sunset
Yellow
Methyl
Orange
Orange II
Amaranth
Allura red

4.0
22.0
79.0
81.0
19.0
11.0

After 150 min of incubation. Dye concen-
tration of 2 mM

Baughman and
Weber ( 1994 )

-
-
-
-
-
-