Decolorization of Molasses Melanoidin by Candida Sp.
*Monika Gupta, **Prasant Kumar Mishra, ***Ajit Kumar and **Soni Tiwari
*Department of Botany, University of Lucknow (U.P.) (India) e mail: drmonika.in@gmail.com **Department of Microbiology, Dr. R.M.L. Avadh University, Faizabad (U.P.) (India) ***General Manager, Amit Biotech (P) Ltd, Kolkatta (W.B.) (India)
ABSTRACT
A yeast strain was isolated from the paper and pulp effluent and identified as Candida sp., which decolorized distillery effluent by 60 % within 4 days of incubation at 38C±1, pH 5.6. Further, this strain also reduced BOD & COD of the effluent by 78% and 60%, respectively