Research Article

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 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 (%)100a50b90a40b75b62b95a
Shoot length (cm)13.6 ± 0.5a5.6 ± 0.7b10.7 ± 0.7a7.5 ± 0.3b12.0 ± 0.5a8.2 ± 0.3b13.0 ± 0.7a
Root length (cm)11.2 ± 0.2a5.7 ± 0.3b 9.5 ± 0.6a6.5 ± 0.7b10.2 ± 0.6a7.2 ± 0.8b10.8 ± 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.