AccScience Publishing / AJWEP / Volume 21 / Issue 3 / DOI: 10.3233/AJW240036
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Biodegradation of Two Textile Dyes by Bacillus Subtilis

Anas M. Almamoori1* Duha Zeki Al Swefee2 Mays Mohammed Alzuhery3
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1 Department of Environment, College of Environmental Science, Al-Qasim Green University, Babylon, Iraq
2 Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
3 Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Babylon, Babylon, Iraq
AJWEP 2024, 21(3), 71–76; https://doi.org/10.3233/AJW240036
Submitted: 9 August 2023 | Revised: 7 December 2023 | Accepted: 7 December 2023 | Published: 4 June 2024
© 2024 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC-by the license) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
Abstract

This study revealed the efficiency of Bacillus subtilis in degrading two textile dyes (disperse red and  disperse yellow), the rates of red dye removal when measured after 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours for the concentrations  of 50 ppm were 51.67, 67.56, 84.67 and 95.33%, for the concentration 150 ppm were 41.67, 62.67, 80.67 and  89.67%, while for the concentration 300 ppm were 25.67, 42.67, 71.67 and 84.33%. The results of yellow dye  removal showed that the concentration of 50 ppm were 49.67, 65.33, 83.33 and 92.67%, for the concentration of  150 ppm were 38.33, 60.33, 77.33 and 87.33%, and for the concentration, 300 ppm were 24, 36.67, 68.33 and  81.67%, when measured after 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours. Results recorded a slight decrease in pH values for all  concentrations for each dye during 96 hours. Results also revealed a high reduction of EC and TDS values for  both dye concentrations after 96 hours.

Keywords
Bacillus subtilis
biodegradation
pH
EC
TDS
textile dyes
Conflict of interest
The authors declare they have no competing interests.
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