Research Article

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 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 (%)100a60b95a 63b90a70b100a
Shoot length (cm)13.8 ± 0.4a6.7 ± 0.5b 10.8 ± 1.1a7.4 ± 0.4b 11.5 ± 0.5a7.9 ± 0.4b13.2 ± 0.4a
Root length (cm) 8.0 ± 0.3a3.5 ± 0.2b7.3 ± 0.7a4.1 ± 0.6b7.5 ± 0.7a3.7 ± 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 ± 1.2b21.4 ± 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.