Nutrient Uptake and Growth of Bovine Rectal Bacteria in Application of Textile Wastewater Bioremediation

Textile industry produces wastewater that has been adversely affected in quality. Theanthropogenic influence of this industry has inevitably caused negative impact to the environment. It consumes considerably high amount of processed water that eventually yield highly polluted wastewater. The bovine rectal bacterium (BRB) is used in this study as an alternative for green technology method for treating the textile wastewater without causing any serious unacceptable damage to the natural environment and human health. This paper presents the BRB that consumed selected nutrients in the textile wastewater. The chosen nutrients used to study the optimum growth of BRB are magnesium sulphate (MgSO₄), ferric chloride (FeCl₃), calcium chloride (CaCl₂) and phosphate buffer. The BRB growth rate in textile wastewater in different types of nutrients and incubation time were evaluated in both; aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Consequently, this study provides the knowledge of suitable nutrient for the growth of BRB. These BRB can be further employed at large scale of effluent textile wastewater treatment systems for effective green remediation.