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JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 36, Issue 7, Pages 955-960Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-009-0574-3
Keywords
Direct Red 28; Biofilm; Mixed bacterial culture; Up-flow immobilized bioreactor; Bacillus sp.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi
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Aerobic mixed bacterial culture comprised of five isolates (Bacillus vallismortis, B. pumilus, B. cereus, B. subtilis and B. megaterium) identified by 16srDNA analysis was developed from wastewater samples from the aeration tank of an effluent treatment plant of a textile and dyeing industry and evaluated for its ability to decolorize azo dye Direct Red 28 in an up-flow immobilized packed bed bioreactor using marble chips as support matrix. The bioreactor was operated under two parameters: an aeration rate of 0.4 and 0.6 mmol/min at a flow rate of 60, 90 and 120 ml/h, respectively. At a constant aeration rate of 0.4 mmol/min and with flow rates of 60, 90 and 120 ml/h, optimum decolorization of 91, 75 and 72% was observed, while at an aeration rate of 0.6 mmol/min and flow rates of 60, 90 and 120 ml/h, optimum decolorization of 93, 78 and 72% was observed over 10 days. The study concluded that across the two aeration rates and the respective flow rates, the higher aeration rate of 0.6 mmol/min along with a flow rate of 60 ml/h was best suited to decolorize Direct Red 28 in the packed bed bioreactor. Spectral changes of the input and output of the bioreactor by UV-visible spectroscopy indicated decolorization of the dye solution by degradation in addition to the visual observation of the biosorption process.
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