Antarctic yeasts: potential use in a biologic treatment of textile azo dyes

Abstract

We investigated the dye-removal potential of a collection of 61 cold-adapted yeasts from the King George Island, Antarctica, on agar plates supplemented with 100 mg L^–1 of several textile dyes; among which isolates 81% decolorized Reactive Black 5 (RB-5), with 56% decolorizing Reactive Orange 16, but only 26% doing so with Reactive Blue 19 and Acid Blue 74. Furthermore, we evaluated the ligninolytic potential using 2,2ʹ-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic-acid) diammonium salt-, 3,5-dimethoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehydazine-, or manganese-supplemented plates but detected no activity, possibly due to a dye-removal mechanism involving reductases. The removal kinetics were studied in liquid medium supplemented with 100 mg L^–1 of RB-5 in a selection of 9 yeasts. The highest volumetric-removal rates (η) were found for Candida sake 41E (4.14 mg L^–1 h^–1), Leucosporidium muscorum F20A (3.90 mg L^–1 h^–1), and Cystofilobasidium infirmominiatum F13E (3.90 mg L^–1 h^–1). Different UV–Vis spectra were obtained if the dye removal occurred by biodegradation or biosorption/bioaccumulation. L. muscorum F20A was selected to study the dye-removal mechanism of RB-5 and the effect of different chemical and environmental parameters on the process. Optimum dye-removal conditions were obtained with 10 g L^–1 of glucose within an initial medium pH range of 5.0 to 6.0. Up to 700 mg L^–1 of dye could be removed in 45 h. High-performance liquid chromatography profiles obtained were consistent with a biodegradation of the dye. Phytotoxicity was estimated by calculating the 50%-inhibition concentration (IC₅₀) with Lactuca sativa L. seeds. These findings propose psychrophilic yeasts as a novel environmentally suitable alternative for the treatment of dye-industry wastewaters.

Keywords

Leucosporidium muscorum F20A / Cold-adapted yeasts / Textile wastewaters

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Funding

Fondo para la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica(PICT 2018-3194)

UNLP(11/X780)