Isolation identification and screening of actinomycetes to decolorize distillery effluent

Date

5-1987

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Biology

College

College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Ruben B. Aspiras

Abstract

Eight actinomycetes isolated from the soil were identified and screened for their ability to decolorize distillery effluent. One of the isolates belongs to the genus Nocardia while the rest belong to the genus Streptomyces. The highest 11 decolorization was obtained in the effluent treated with isolates belonging to the genus Streptomyces (Isolates no. 15 and 17), while the lo-west was obtained in the effluent treated with Isolates no. 12 and 13, also belonging to the genus Streptomyces. The pH was observed to decrease slightly in all the treatments although no direct relationship bet-ween extent of % decolorization and change in pH was discernible. • The increase in transmittance values was found to be caused by the decrease in pH as a result of the production of acids and not due to the degradation of the pigment.

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

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Thesis

Document Type

Thesis

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