Rk. Sani et al., COMPARISON OF STATIC AND SHAKE CULTURE IN THE DECOLORIZATION OF TEXTILE DYES AND DYE EFFLUENTS BY PHANEROCHAETE-CHRYSOSPORIUM, Folia microbiologica, 43(1), 1998, pp. 85-88
Decolorization of several dyes (Red HE-8B, Malachite Green, Navy Blue
HE-2R, Magenta, Crystal Violet) and an industrial effluent with growin
g cells of Phanerochaete chrysosporium in shake and static culture was
demonstrated. All the dyes and the industrial effluent were decoloriz
ed to some extent with varying percentages of decolorization (20-100 %
). The rate of decolorization was very rapid with Red HE-8B, an indust
rial dye. Decolorization rates for all the dyes in static condition we
re found to be less than the shake culture and also dependent on bioma
ss concentration.