The Biodegradation of Azo Dyes by Actinobacteria - Microbial Degradation of Synthetic Dyes in Wastewaters - page 293

Table 1 Biodegradation of structurally different synthetic dyes by various microorganisms
Culture species Dyes Type of

microorganisms

Comments References

Pseudomonas
aerogenosa

Direct orange, disperse brown,
reactive green

Bacteria About 94 % color removal of the dyes was observed after

7 days incubation under aerobic conditions

Ahmed
( 2014 )

Bjerkandera
adusta Dec1

Amaranth Fungi After 10 days, 98 % decolorization was achieved under

aerobic conditions.

Gomi et al.
( 2001 )

Enteromorpha
sp.

Basic red 46 (BR46) Algae The maximum decolorization ef ciency (83.45 %) was

achieved with 4 g initial biomass of algae, after 5 h at
temperature 25 ° C

Khataee
et al.
( 2013 )

Aspergillus
niger
Mucor
racemosus

Red HE7B, reactive red 141, yellow
FN2R, reactive yellow 206

Fungi Up to 94 % dyes degradation was achieved by fungi after

5 day incubation under static conditions

Balaji et al.
( 2012 )

Aeromonas
hydrophila

Crystal violet, Fuchsin green, bril-
liant green, malachite green

Bacteria About 90 % color of dye was removed in 10 h under

anaerobic conditions

Ren et al.
( 2006 )

Trametes
villosa

Cibacron blue 19, cibacron blue 20 Fungi Both the dyes were degraded in 10 days of incubation

under shaking conditions.

Machado
et al.
( 2006)

Bacillus
subtillis

Orange Bacteria More than 94 % decolorization was achieved in 23.7 h

under static conditions.

Sha et al.
( 2014 )

Pseudomonas
uorescen

Reactive orange-M2R, reactive
blue-M58, reactive yellow-M4G,
reactive black-B

Bacteria The dye decolorization for the mentioned dyes was 59, 90,

77 and 79 % respectively within 16 days under shaking
conditions.

Sriram
et al.
( 2013 )

Phanerochaete
chrysosporium

aminobenzoic or aminosulphonic
acids (diazo components)

Fungi The decolorization was 80 89 % after 28 days under Martins

et al.
( 2001 )
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shaking conditions.