A STUDY ON BIOREMEDIATION POTENCY OF ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS AND ASPERGILLUS ACULEATUS IN REDUCTION OF BOD CONCENTRATION OF DAIRY EFFLUENT AND EVALUATION OF PHYTOTOXICITY EFFECT OF TREATED EFFLUENT ON ARACHIS HYPOGAEAChaithra C., Hina Kousar, Dhanushree M.S. and Akshatha K.U.Abstract Water resources are of significant importance to human beings. The main sources of water contamination are toxic industrial waste, runoff from agricultural waste, and untreated home garbage discharge. During the processing of milk in dairy industry, a large amount of water is used, resulting in a large volume of effluent comprising dissolved sugars, proteins, lipids and other organic compounds. As a result, dairy effluent has a high organic matter concentration and a high BOD. Contaminants in effluents must be eliminated before they enter a water body, as they have a negative impact on aquatic ecosystems. One of the most effective strategies for treating industrial effluents is bioremediation. In the current study investigated the removal of biochemical oxygen demand in dairy effluent using fungal isolates such as Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus aculeatus. According to a phytotoxicity test, fungal strains have ability to eliminate BOD from the effluent. |