Abstract

TREATMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY EFFLUENT USING IMMOBILIZED OSCILLATORIA SPECIES

Govindasamy Subramanian*, B. Vithya, P. Sona, J. Sasikala, R. Kanimozhi and S. Ashwathaman

Abstract

The present study showed that the potential degradation of pharmaceutical industrial effluents by environmental species of Oscillatoria. Oscillatoria species collected from coastal regions of Rameswaram, south east coast of India. Biodegradation and biosorption capacity of some potential Oscillatoria species: Oscillatoria subsalsa, Oscillatoriaflos-aquae, Oscillatoria salina and Oscillatoria amphigranulata. The occurrence of Oscillatoria species in the pharmaceutical industry effluent was due to favorable contents of organic matter, rich calcium and nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates with less dissolved oxygen. Removal efficiencies of the different organic, inorganic metal and non-metallic elements were evaluated and compared.

Keywords: Cyanobacteria, Oscillatoria, Pharmaceutical Industry Effluent, Immobilization, Rameswaram.