Abstract
Navy Blue HE22 (NBHE22), dye mixture and real textile effluent were decolorized and degraded by lichen Dermatocarpon vellereceum. Up-flow bioreactor showed about 80%, 70%, 80% and 65% removal of American dye manufacturer index (ADMI), biological oxygen demand (BOD), total suspended solids (TSS) and total dissolved solids (TDS), respectively of dye mixture at flow rate of 25mlh-1. The removal of ADMI, BOD, TSS and TDS of real textile effluent were 75%, 65%, 82% and 70%, respectively at flow rate of 30mlh-1. Significant induction of extracellular enzymes such as manganese peroxidase and lignin peroxidase was observed up to 46% and 36% during decolorization of dye mixture, while 43% and 24% during effluent treatment, respectively. Exponential enhancement in the activities of stress enzymes such as catalase (CAT) and guaiacol peroxidase (GPX) was observed after exposure to NBHE22 (116% and 125%, respectively), dye mixture (150% and 300%, respectively) and effluent (400% and 350%, respectively) endorsing the stress tolerance ability of model lichen. Phytotoxicity and genotoxicity studies demonstrated less toxic nature of metabolites resulted from biodegradation.
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