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Decolorization of Fast red by metabolizing cells of Oenococcus oeni ML34

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Three different azo dyes such as Fast red, metanil yellow and Fast orange were examined for their decolorization by O. oeni ML34. Fast red (FR) was decolorized by 68%, whereas the other dyes were removed by only about 30%. The effects of glucose addition, substrate (dye) concentration and environmental factors (temperature, pH) on decolorization were investigated by two-level factorial design. The statistical analyses revealed that glucose specifically increases the extent of FR decolorization. A glucose level of 5 g/l was the optimum concentration for removal of, FR reaching a decolorization percentage of up to 93%.

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Acknowledgement

My sincere gratitude to Prof. John Hershey at University of California, Davis and Prof. Soraya Sabry for their review of this manuscript. I would like also to thank Dr. David Mills at UC Davis for providing the O. oeni ML34 strain.

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El Ahwany, A.M. Decolorization of Fast red by metabolizing cells of Oenococcus oeni ML34. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 24, 1521–1527 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-007-9640-z

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