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      Detection of Androgenic-Mutagenic Compounds and Potential Autochthonous Bacterial Communities during In Situ Bioremediation of Post-methanated Distillery Sludge

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      distillery sludge, toxicity, β-sitosterol, Bacillus sp., Enterococcus sp., RFLP

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          Sugarcane-molasses-based post-methanated distillery waste is well known for its toxicity, causing adverse effects on aquatic flora and fauna. Here, it has been demonstrated that there is an abundant mixture of androgenic and mutagenic compounds both in distillery sludge and leachate. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis showed dodecanoic acid, octadecanoic acid, n-pentadecanoic acid, hexadecanoic acid, β-sitosterol, stigmasterol, β-sitosterol trimethyl ether, heptacosane, dotriacontane, lanosta-8, 24-dien-3-one, 1-methylene-3-methyl butanol, 1-phenyl-1-propanol, 5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl) cyclohexanol, and 2-ethylthio-10-hydroxy-9-methoxy-1,4 anthraquinone as major organic pollutants along with heavy metals (all mg kg -1): Fe (2403), Zn (210.15), Mn (126.30, Cu (73.62), Cr (21.825), Pb (16.33) and Ni (13.425). In a simultaneous analysis of bacterial communities using the restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) method the dominance of Bacillus sp. followed by Enterococcus sp. as autochthonous bacterial communities growing in this extremely toxic environment was shown, indicating a primary community for bioremediation. A toxicity evaluation showed a reduction of toxicity in degraded samples of sludge and leachate, confirming the role of autochthonous bacterial communities in the bioremediation of distillery waste in situ.

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                Journal
                Front Microbiol
                Front Microbiol
                Front. Microbiol.
                Frontiers in Microbiology
                Frontiers Media S.A.
                1664-302X
                17 May 2017
                2017
                : 8
                : 887
                Affiliations
                [1]Department of Environmental Microbiology, School for Environmental Sciences, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow, India
                Author notes

                Edited by: Bhim Pratap Singh, Mizoram University, India

                Reviewed by: Maulin P. Shah, Enviro Technology Limited, India; Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira, Universidade Tiradentes, Brazil

                This article was submitted to Microbiotechnology, Ecotoxicology and Bioremediation, a section of the journal Frontiers in Microbiology

                Article
                10.3389/fmicb.2017.00887
                5434103
                152f96aa-4bfe-4d9f-b08e-090a5071ef80
                Copyright © 2017 Chandra and Kumar.

                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

                History
                : 26 December 2016
                : 02 May 2017
                Page count
                Figures: 5, Tables: 4, Equations: 3, References: 62, Pages: 18, Words: 0
                Funding
                Funded by: Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology 10.13039/501100001407
                Award ID: No. BT/PR/11978/BCE/08/744/2009
                Categories
                Microbiology
                Original Research

                Microbiology & Virology
                distillery sludge,toxicity,β-sitosterol,bacillus sp.,enterococcus sp.,rflp
                Microbiology & Virology
                distillery sludge, toxicity, β-sitosterol, bacillus sp., enterococcus sp., rflp

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