Screening, isolation and identification of distillery spent wash decolourizing bacteriafrom soil

Distilleries produce a large amount of waste water, commonly known as spent wash. Present study was undertaken to isolate and screen distillery spent wash decolorizing bacteria from soil samples. Total 45 bacterial isolates, capable of decolourizing distillery spent wash, were obtained from soil samples. Out of these, 6 isolates showing maximum decolorization were characterized by morphological and biochemical studies. They were identified by 16S rRNA sequence analysis.