World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF BIOREMEDIATION POTENTIAL OF NATIVE AND MARINE BACTERIA BY GERMINATION STUDY

Ayona Jayadev*, Soniya P. and Lekshmi M.

ABSTRACT

The effect of the various effluents on the germination and growth of Pisum sativum was studied in this piece of research work. The efluents used includes untreated or raw effluent as well as treated effluents. Three portions of the effluents were treated in three different kinds, first in which native bacteria isolated from the effluent itself was used for carrying out treatment, effluent in which marine bacteria isolated from a beach area was used for bioremediation and effluent in which marine bacteria isolated from a site at which the effluent is being discharged and proximal to an industry was used for treatment were used. Maximum percentage of germination was seen in effluent treated with native bacterium at a concentration of 10% (72% germination). At 50%, it gave 63% germination. The percentage germination seen in effluent treated with Tb (bacterium isolated from ocean, near the industrial plant) also gave 62% at 10% effluent concentration. Characters like number of leaves produced as well as the width of the leaves formed were measured to see whether there are any differences in these growth parameters on using the different kind of effluents for irrigation. Control as well as plantlets at irrigation with 10% of treated effluents using native as well as marine bacterium isolated from Veli cost showed maximum number of leaves(4). In the case of leaf width also, the maximum values were observed in control, irrigated with distilled water. This was followed by 10% effluent treated with bacterium isolated from Veli and then by native bacteria and bacteria isolated from Sanghumukham.

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