1Department of Nanotechnology, Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Kumaracoil, Tamil Nadu, India, E-mail: crkpkp@gmail.com.
2Department of Biotechnology, Noorul Islam College of Arts and Science, Kumaracoil, Tamil Nadu, India.
3Department of Microbiology, Noorul Islam College of Arts and Science, Kumaracoil, Tamil Nadu, India.
Actinomycetes were isolated from the highly polluted environments of the industrial belts with laden toxic pollutants. Isolates with better antibiotic and pigmentation properties were chosen for the studies which were confirmed for their taxonomical positions by using 16srRNA analysis and phylogenetic comparisons. The strains tested proved to be the prime decomposers of pesticides and dyes supplied at higher concentrations ie., upto 1:10 ratios. The decomposition was further confirmed by performing a TLC of the obtained residues. The dyes and toxins were found to be degraded to 98% and all the strains were effective fixing agents of atmospheric nitrogen and they help in vitalizing the top soil by re-establishing the micronutrients and properties thus restoring the quality of the polluted soil.
Actinomycetes, Bioremediation, decomposition, pesticides, toxins
