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Decolourisation and metabolism of the reactive textile dye, Remazol Black B, by an immobilized microbial consortium

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An upflow anaerobic filter was developed with a microbial consortium, consisting predominantly of Alcaligenes faecalis and Commamonas acidovorans, immobilized on a gravel substratum. Remazol Black B, a commercially important textile dye, was decolourised by >95% within 48 h (operating conditions: initial dye concentration, 0.5g/l; pH 7.0; flow rate 0.1 l/hour; room temperature fluctuated between 12 and 20° C)

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  1. Biotechnology research Group, School of Applied Biological and Chemical Sciences, University of Ulster, BT52 I1SA, Coleraine, Northern Ireland

    Darren A. Oxspring, Geoff McMullan, W. Franklyn Smyth & Roger Marchant

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Oxspring, D.A., McMullan, G., Smyth, W.F. et al. Decolourisation and metabolism of the reactive textile dye, Remazol Black B, by an immobilized microbial consortium. Biotechnol Lett 18, 527–530 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00140197

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