Microbial decolorization of reactive black-5 in a two-stage anaerobic–aerobic reactor using acclimatized activated textile sludge

Author： Mohanty Sagarika Dafale Nishant Rao Nageswara

Publisher： Springer Publishing Company

ISSN： 0923-9820

Source： Biodegradation, Vol.17, Iss.5, 2006-10, pp. : 403-413

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Abstract

A two-stage anaerobic–aerobic treatment process based on mixed culture of bacteria isolated from textile dye effluent was used to degrade reactive black 5 dye (RB-5). The anaerobic step was studied in more detail by varying the dye concentration from 100 to 3000 mg l⁻¹. The results showed that major decolorization was achieved during the anaerobic process. The time required for decolorization by > 90% increased as the concentration of the dye increased. It was also found that maintaining dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration below 0.5 mg l⁻¹and addition of a co-substrate viz., glucose, facilitates anaerobic decolorization reaction remarkably. An attempt was made to identify the metabolites formed in anaerobic process by using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and UV–VIS spectrophotometry. A plate assay was performed for the detection of dominant decolorizing bacteria. Only a few bacterial colonies with high clearing zones (decolorization zones) were found. The results showed that under anaerobic condition RB-5 molecules were reduced and aromatic amines were generated. The aromatic amine metabolite was partly removed in subsequent aerobic bio-treatment. It was possible to achieve more than 90% decolorization and approximately 46% reduction in amine metabolite concentration through two-stage anaerobic–aerobic treatment after a reaction period of 2 days.