Bioremediation and Detoxification of Synthetic Wastewater Containing Triarylmethane Dyes by Aeromonas hydrophila Isolated from Industrial Effluent
Table 7
Toxic effect of treated and non treated synthetic dye wastewater on Lens esculenta.
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
50b
90a
40b
75b
62b
95a
Shoot length (cm)
13.6 ± 0.5a
5.6 ± 0.7b
10.7 ± 0.7a
7.5 ± 0.3b
12.0 ± 0.5a
8.2 ± 0.3b
13.0 ± 0.7a
Root length (cm)
11.2 ± 0.2a
5.7 ± 0.3b
9.5 ± 0.6a
6.5 ± 0.7b
10.2 ± 0.6a
7.2 ± 0.8b
10.8 ± 1.2a
Seedling length (cm)
24.9 ± 0.6a
11.5 ± 0.5b
20.2 ± 0.5a
14.3 ± 1.1b
22.6 ± 1.3a
15.7 ± 0.8b
23.7 ± 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.