The Metabolic Route of Degradation of the Vat Dye Sulfur Blue Brn and Corresponding Ecotoxic Effect - Juniper Publishers
Juniper Publishers-Open Access Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources The Metabolic Route of Degradation of the Vat Dye Sulfur Blue Brn and Corresponding Ecotoxic Effect Authored by Jai S Ghosh* Abstract The dyes are a part of everybody’s life. These are mostly used to color textile, food, paper and as paint. Previously dyes from natural sources were mostly commonly used but with the advances of synthetic chemical sciences, the synthetic dye is a growing industry along with its widespread application. This has resulted in generation of large quantity of colored effluent having different ecotoxic effects. Of all the dyes the insoluble vat dyes are highly toxic as they tend to accumulate in the environment thus causing imbalance in the biodiversity. This investigation deals with one such vat dye sulphur blue BRN which is used in place of indigo to color jeans. The microorganism Pseudomonas has been found to carry out the degradation thus detoxifying it as exempl...