Bioremediation and Detoxification of Synthetic Wastewater Containing Triarylmethane Dyes by Aeromonas hydrophila Isolated from Industrial Effluent
Table 6
Toxic effect of treated and nontreated synthetic dye wastewater on Hordeum vulgare.
Test parameters
Control
Basic violet 14
Basic violet 3
Acid blue 90
Untreated
Treated
Untreated
Treated
Untreated
Treated
(50 mg/L)
(50 mg/L)
(50 mg/L)
(50 mg/L)
(50 mg/L)
(50 mg/L)
Germination (%)
100a
60b
95a
63b
90a
70b
100a
Shoot length (cm)
13.8 ± 0.4a
6.7 ± 0.5b
10.8 ± 1.1a
7.4 ± 0.4b
11.5 ± 0.5a
7.9 ± 0.4b
13.2 ± 0.4a
Root length (cm)
8.0 ± 0.3a
3.5 ± 0.2b
7.3 ± 0.7a
4.1 ± 0.6b
7.5 ± 0.7a
3.7 ± 0.6b
8.2 ± 0.8a
Seedling length (cm)
22.2 ± 0.5a
10.8 ± 0.6b
18.2 ± 0.4a
11.6 ± 0.4b
18.8 ± 0.8a
11.6 ± 1.2b
21.4 ± 0.8a
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.