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Bioremediation of Congo-Red Dye by Using Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized from Bacillus sps

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Bioremediation and Sustainable Technologies for Cleaner Environment

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Bioremediation using a variety of microbes for the xenobiotics degradation seems a green solution to the problem of environmental pollution. Different bacteria have the potentials to degrade complex organic compounds into simpler fragments and sometimes achieve complete mineralization. The present study, deliberate the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using different bacillus species like B. megaterium (SIV01), B. subtilis (SIV02), B. megaterium (MNS1), B. subtilis (001), B. licheniformis (P-2) and their ability to decolorize the dye Congo red. The synthesized AgNPs were characterized using UV visible spectrophotometer, FTIR and SEM. The UV Vis Spectrum results showed that the Bacillus megaterium (SIV01) to be the most potential organism for the synthesis of AgNPs among the different strains used which is confirmed by high absorbance value at 450 nm. The adsorption and decolourization capacity was found to be high for all the strains which was exihibited by high Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm constants. The synthesized silver nanoparticles showed significant antibacterial activity against E. coli. Interestingly, the synthesized silver nanoparticles showed antibacterial activity against its own source microorganisms, this peculiar behaviour exhibited by the bacillus silver nanoparticles, is yet to be explored.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, India

    Lakshmi Priya Thyagarajan & Thirumoorthy Meenambal

  2. Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai, India

    Swathi Sudhakar

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Thyagarajan, L.P., Sudhakar, S., Meenambal, T. (2017). Bioremediation of Congo-Red Dye by Using Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized from Bacillus sps . In: Prashanthi, M., Sundaram, R., Jeyaseelan, A., Kaliannan, T. (eds) Bioremediation and Sustainable Technologies for Cleaner Environment. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48439-6_11

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