Research Article

Decolourisation of Synthetic Dyes by Endophytic Fungal Flora Isolated from Senduduk Plant (Melastoma malabathricum)

Table 1

Decolourisation of RBBR, Orange G, Congo red, and Methyl red on agar plate by the twenty locally isolated endophytic fungi after 16 days of cultivation.

Fungal IsolatesDye decolourisation
RBBROrange GCongo RedMethyl Red

MS1
MS2
MS3
MS4++++
MS5+
MS6+++
MS7
MS8++++++
MS9
MS10+++
MS11+++
MS12
MS13+++
MS14+++
MS15++
MS16++
MS17+++
MS18+++
MS19++
MS20+++

(−): no dye decolourisation; (+): partial or weak dye decolourisation; (++): complete dye decolourisation.