GuwahatiA bacterium from textile effluent degraded 98.5% of a synthetic dye.

Azo dyes resist treatment and endanger aquatic life and people.

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati found Brevundimonas AJZ05 secretes azoreductase, which broke down Direct Blue-6 despite copper, zinc and iron.

Mung bean tests showed far less toxicity, but the report describes no plant trial.

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Nature leans favorable
tests detox with a Vigna radiata (mung bean) toxicity assay, showing the dye breaks into non-toxic intermediates

Sources: Nature