Microbial Decolorization of Reactive Black 5 by <i>Bacillus albus</i> DD1 Isolated From Textile Waste Water Effluent: Kinetic and Thermodynamics Study and Decolorization Mechanism

Reactive Black 5 is one of the most widely used dye in textile and other industries. It is one of the significantly toxic azo dye which poses a serious threat to the environment when discharged into water bodies. A bacterial isolate showed 98% dye removal from aqueous medium within 38hours under optimum parameters pH 7, temperature 400C, in the presence of 1% yeast extract as a co-substrate, and 25% inoculum size at an initial concentration of...