Evaluation of performance ofPlanococcussp. TRC1 an indigenous bacterial isolate monoculture as bioremediator for tannery effluent

Abstract

AbstractAn indigenous bacterial isolate Planococcus sp. TRC1 was found to tolerate Cr(VI) solution up to 500 mg/L concentration when grown in mineral salt media. Gene sequencing of the isolated strain using 16S rDNA technique and phylogenetic analysis confirmed that the species was 96% close to Planococcus maritimus (KP8). Studies on cell dynamics in batch bioreactor showed the maximum specific cell growth rate (μmax) to be 0.276 h−1. Removal of Cr(VI) was observed to be dependent on initial chromium concentration and the maximum removal of Cr(VI) (75 ± 3%) was obtained at 25 mg/L Cr(VI) solution for an incubation period of 72 h. Above this value, the removal of Cr(VI) was declined. Scanning electron microscope and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic studies indicated that the Cr(VI) removal took place by the adsorption process on the cell outer membrane. It is observed that the adsorption process follows the Freundlich adsorption isotherm (R2 = 0.987). Planococcus sp. TRC1 reduced 80 ± 5% chemical o...