<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><article><front><Journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type='publisher'>CWE/1758/2026</journal-id><journal-title >Current World Environment</journal-title><issn pub-type='PPub'>0973-4929</issn><issn pub-type='ePub'>2320-8031</issn><publisher><publisher-name>4</publisher-name></publisher></Journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type='other'>CWE--98-00</article-id><title-group><article-title>&lt;p&gt;Bacterial Degradation of Textile Dyes by Cultures Isolated from Effluent Samples&lt;/p&gt;</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id='aff002'><sup>2</sup><instname>Savitribai Phule Pune University</instname>,<deptname>Department of Chemistry</deptname>, <instaddress>M.C.E. Society’s Abeda Inamdar Senior College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous)</instaddress>, <instcity>Pune</instcity>, <instcountry>India</instcountry>.</aff><pub-date pub-type='ppub'><publicationDate></publicationDate></pub-date><doi>10.12944/CWE.20.3.15</doi><volume>Volume 20</volume><issue>Volume 20</issue><page>1152-1159</page><abstract><title>Abstract</title><p>The disposal of untreated wastewater from textile industries poses significant environmental challenges resulting from the occurrence of toxic colorants and heavy metal contaminants. This experimental study investigates the biodegradation of methyl orange and Congo red dyes using bacterial mixed cultures isolated from textile effluents. Four bacterial strains, including Escherichia spp., Staphylococcus spp., Pseudomonas spp. and Enterobacter spp., were evaluated for their decolorization efficiency. Methods included sample collection, dye stock preparation, bacterial isolation and decolorization studies, with optimization for temperature, pH and bacterial consortia. Results showed Pseudomonas spp. exhibited highest decolorization efficiency for methyl orange (93.42%) and Escherichia coli showed the highest for Congo red (88.63%). Optimal conditions were room temperature and pH 7 for Pseudomonas spp. Bacterial consortia were more effective in degrading single dyes than mixed dyes. FTIR analysis confirmed dye breakdown post-treatment. This study demonstrates the potential of bacterial strains for bio remediating textile dye pollutants, offering an eco-friendly, cost-effective solution for industrial effluents.</p></abstract><kwd-group><title>Keywords</title><kwd>Bacteria</kwd><kwd> Biodegradation</kwd><kwd> Congo red</kwd><kwd> Methyl Orange</kwd><kwd> Textile effluent</kwd></kwd-group><counts><ref-count count='' /><page-count count='' /></counts></article-meta></front></article>