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

Table 2

Fungal biomass produced by isolate MS8 in glucose minimal liquid medium containing RBBR, Orange G, Congo red, and Methyl red within a period of 16 days. Liquid medium with no dye added was used as a control for fungal biomass.

Dyes	Fungal biomass produced (mg mL^−1)
	Day 0	Day 4	Day 8	Day 12	Day 16
RBBR	0.07 ± 0.03	0.22 ± 0.03	0.95 ± 0.13	0.30 ± 0.10	0.33 ± 0.03
Orange G	0.07 ± 0.03	0.12 ± 0.08	0.23 ± 0.06	0.37 ± 0.03	0.30 ± 0.15
Congo Red	0.08 ± 0.03	0.15 ± 0.05	0.22 ± 0.06	0.38 ± 0.03	0.55 ± 0.10
Methyl Red	0.07 ± 0.03	0.10 ± 0.00	0.18 ± 0.08	0.20 ± 0.05	0.38 ± 0.13
Control (no dye)	0.07 ± 0.03	0.43 ± 0.08	3.72 ± 0.46	8.17 ± 0.38	5.47 ± 0.93

Values are mean ± SE (𝑛=3).