Research Article

Bioremediation and Detoxification of Synthetic Wastewater Containing Triarylmethane Dyes by Aeromonas hydrophila Isolated from Industrial Effluent

Table 5

Toxic effect of treated and nontreated synthetic dye wastewater on Triticum aestivum.

Test parametersControlBasic violet 14Basic violet 3Acid blue 90
UntreatedTreatedUntreatedTreatedUntreatedTreated
(50 mg/L)(50 mg/L)(50 mg/L)(50 mg/L)(50 mg/L)(50 mg/L)

Germination (%)100a58b90a65b87a71b95a
Shoot length (cm)12.4 ± 1.3a7.5 ± 0.5b10.5 ± 0.7a7.0 ± 0.3b11.1 ± 0.5a8.3 ± 0.3b11.4 ± 0.4a
Root length (cm)10.8 ± 0.8a6.1 ± 0.2b 9.2 ± 0.5a5.8 ± 1.1b 9.6 ± 0.3a7.9 ± 0.7a 9.5 ± 0.8a
Seedling length (cm) 23.3 ± 1.2a 13.8 ± 0.6b 19.9 ± 0.8a 12.6 ± 0.9b 20.8 ± 0.5a 16.4 ± 1.1b 20.9 ± 0.7a

Values are means of triplicate determinations, standard deviation (±), values followed by the same letter are not significantly different from the control (seeds germinated in SWM) at according to the Dunett test.