Table 3.
Bioremoval/Biodegradation of Or II by different fungi under shaking condition
| Time (Hrs) | Fungi | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. flavus SA2 | A. tereus SA3 | Alternaria spp. SA4 | Penicillium spp. SA5 | |||||||||||
| Ave. | S.E. | Rank | Ave. | S.E. | Rank | Ave. | S.E. | Rank | Ave. | S.E. | Rank | |||
| Decolorization (Orange II) | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | G | 0.00 | 0 | G | 0.00 | 0 | G | 0.00 | 0 | H | |
| 24 | 2.39 | 0.58 | F | 1.26 | 0.33 | F | 9.46 | 0.76 | F | 4.70 | 0.67 | G | ||
| 48 | 4.51 | 0.68 | F | 2.35 | 0.51 | F | 15.97 | 1.54 | E | 13.35 | 0.87 | F | ||
| 72 | 13.78 | 1.58 | E | 7.03 | 0.68 | E | 20.97 | 1.86 | D | 25.30 | 0.99 | E | ||
| 96 | 20.72 | 0.75 | DE | 15.25 | 0.80 | D | 24.37 | 1.25 | D | 33.51 | 1.18 | D | ||
| 120 | 24.77 | 0.90 | CD | 18.26 | 2.09 | D | 30.43 | 1.73 | C | 45.61 | 1.48 | BC | ||
| 144 | 29.66 | 2.06 | BC | 23.59 | 1.93 | C | 34.85 | 0.55 | C | 46.96 | 3.86 | B | ||
| 168 | 34.70 | 5.22 | B | 33.99 | 1.96 | B | 44.54 | 2.28 | B | 40.72 | 2.28 | C | ||
| 192 | 47.98 | 2.79 | A | 44.67 | 0.73 | A | 58.66 | 1.48 | A | 55.68 | 1.81 | A | ||
| Products formed (mg l-1 ) | α. naphthol Sulphalinic acid Aniline Total | 192 | 16.02 | 0.44 | 7.83 | 0.18 | 4.69 | 0.23 | 3.14 | 0.31 | ||||
| 3.54 | 0.12 | 1.32 | 0.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||
| 2.23 | 0.07 | 1.40 | 0.02 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.03 | |||||||
| 21.79 | 4.39 | 10.55 | 2.16 | 5.09 | 1.50 | 3.20 | 1.04 | |||||||