Vegetos- An International Journal of Plant Research
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue: 2s

Biodegradation of Textile Azo dye reactive Green-19 by an Isolated Basidiomycete Pleurotus pulmonarius, A tree Mushroom

  • Author:
  • Rakesh U. Thakare, Bharat J. Wadher, Arun B. Ingle1, Kunal Roychaudhury1
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 67 to 69

1Department of Microbiology, S.K. Porwal College, Kamptee, Nagpur, India

P.G. Department of Microbiology, RTM. Nagpur University, Nagpur, India

*Corresponding author email: rakesh_rut@rediffmail.com

Online published on 5 May, 2014.

Abstract

The isolated Basidiomycete, Pleurotus pulmonarius, a tree mushroom was confirmed by amplification of 18S rRNA and found to decolorize and degrade textile dye Reactive Green-19. This azo dye was decolorized and degraded completely by Pleurotus pulmonarius in both shaking and static conditions in 1% glucose medium at pH 23 range. The biodegradation was monitored by UV- Vis spectroscopy and GCMS analysis and Hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester- is the degradation product elected by GC-MS (Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy) analysis.

Keywords

Reactive Green-19 dye, Pleurotus pulmonarius, biodegradation, azo dye, GCMS