Research Article
Laboratory Scale Bioremediation of the Yamuna Water with Effective Microbes (EM) Technology and Nanotechnology
| J.N Shrivastava*, Nupur Raghav and Abha Singh | |
| Department of Botany, Microbiology Laboratory, DEI, Dayalbagh, Agra, India | |
| Corresponding Author : | J.N Shrivastava Department of Botany, Microbiology Laboratory DEI, Dayalbagh, Agra, India E-mail: janendra.srivastava@gmail.com |
| Received May 31, 2012; Accepted July 18, 2012; Published July 20, 2012 | |
| Citation: Shrivastava JN, Raghav N, Singh A (2012) Laboratory Scale Bioremediation of the Yamuna Water with Effective Microbes (EM) Technology and Nanotechnology. J Bioremed Biodeg 3:160. doi:10.4172/2155-6199.1000160 | |
| Copyright: © 2012 Shrivastava JN, et al. This is an open-a ccess article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
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Abstract
In present study, Yamuna water sample was tested and treated with EM technology (bacterial monocultures) and Nanotechnology (AgNO3 synthesized bacterial monocultures). After treatment, a sharp reduction was observed in all the physical and chemical parameters in the sample throughout the investigations. The bacterial monocultures treated water sample showed a sharp reduction in BOD i.e. 60-85% and 50-80% in COD while AgNO3 synthesized bacterial monocultures showed 85-95% reduction in BOD and 25-45% reduction in COD. The study concludes that both the technologies (EM technology and Nanotechnology) were effective in the reduction of water impurities but EM technology was more effective in reducing chemical pollutants to the permissible limits in comparison to the nanotechnology, while nanotechnology reduced biological contaminants more than EM technology.
