Ghulam Mustafa, Muhammad Tariq Zahid, Mayur Bharat Kurade, Aliya Alvi, Faheem Ullah, Nikita Yadav, Hyunkyung Park, Moonis Ali Khan, Byong-Hun Jeon
The textile industry contributes substantially to water pollution. To investigate bioremediation of dye-containing wastewater, the decolorization and biotransformation of three textile azo dyes, Red HE8B, Reactive Green 27, and Acid Blue 29, were considered using an integrated remediation approach involving the microalga Chlamydomonas mexicana and activated sludge (ACS). At a 5 mg L-1 dye concentration, using C. mexicana and ACS alone, decolorization percentages of 39%-64% and 52%-54%, respectively, were obtained...
April 3, 2024: Environmental Pollution