Effective degradation of azo dyes and industrial effluents through Syngonium podophyllum, an ornamental plant

The removal of toxic azo dyes from industrial effluents had become a crucial process in the prevailing scenario. Plants and associated microbes play a vital role in treating dyes as well as industrial effluents. The current study presented the first and novel report regarding the dye-degrading ability of an ornamental plant, Syngonium podophyllum, which decolorize azo dyes like Methylene blue and Congo red. Additionally, it was observed that it decolorized the industrial effluents collected from a nearby textile industry. The results demonstrated the degradation efficiency for Methylene blue, Congo red and industrial effluents using bacterial culture isolated from the roots was 73%, 54% and 26%, respectively. Furthermore, the sequencing results revealed that the organism responsible for degrading the dyes was Enterobacter cloacae. Thus, the present work demonstrated the ability of Syngonium in the degradation of toxic azo dyes.