Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

Rita Kumar

Anil Kumar

Alka Sharma

Deepa Kachroo Tiku

Santosh Daya Makhijani

Shikha Rastogi

Poonam Sharma

Sharad Vishwanath Gangal

Tushya Kumar Saxena

A Manoharan

Archana Kumar

Abha Joshi

Rekha Chaturvedi

The present invention relates to a bacterium strain of accession no. MTCC 5099, a process for the preparation of inoculum of the said strain, and a process for the reduction of color from pulp mill effluent using the above said inoculum, which comprises steps of inoculating appropriate aliquots of the pulp and paper mill effluent with the cell slurry obtained, incubating the mixture at about 37 degree C. at about 100 rpm for time duration ranging between 24-48 hours, assessing color and total lignin levels to determine the color removal efficiency of the above said bacterium.

Biological process for color reduction of pulp and paper effluent

The present invention deals with a device for quick estimation of biochemical oxygen demand of beverage waste water. This device consists of an immobilized microbial membrane attached to an electrode, multimeter and a laptop workstation installed with a developed software. BOD measurement of beverage waste water using this device is rapid, reproducible and effective as compared to conventional titration based methods. This device also excludes COD estimation as required for BOD estimation of waste water. This bio-electrochemical device may find wide commercial application in beverage industries emanating waste waters.

Bacterium consortium, bio-electrochemical device and a process for quick and rapid estimation of biological oxygen demand

The present invention relates to an environment friendly, safe, and efficient four-step method of bio-bleaching Kraft pulp using the following strains of bacteria: (a), MTCC 5094, (b), MTCC 5095, (c), MTCC 5096, (d), MTCC 5098. The present invention also provides a microbial consortium comprising a synergistic mixture of ligninolytic bacterial isolates, MTCC 5094,, MTCC 5095, and, MTCC 5098, or comprising bacterial strains, MTCC 5096,, MTCC 5094,, MTCC 5095, and, MTCC 5098, and a process for preparing an inoculum of the bacterial isolate, MTCC 5096. Also provided is a process for the preparation of a consortium comprising the ligninolytic bacterial isolates, MTCC 5094,, MTCC 5095, and, MTCC 5098, as well as a process for the preparation of a pulp suspension for bio-bleaching.

Process for bio-bleaching of kraft pulp using bacterial consortia

The invention relates to a microbial composition for the neutralization of alkaline waste waters by biological means and a method of neutralization of alkaline waste waters using a synergistic mixture of the bacterial strains ofandsp.

Microbial composition and a process useful for the neutralization of alkaline waste-waters

The present invention provides a seeding material for accurate and reproducible monitoring of BOD load of pulp and paper wastewater, wherein the bacteria are isolated from various locations in India and comprisesp.,sp.,andthe microbial composition being capable of exerting an appropriate BOD for pulp and paper industrial wastewater due to the specificity of bacterial strains present therein towards the refractory organic compounds found in these effluents.

Microbial consortium useful as seeding material for BOD analysis of pulp and paper industrial wastewater

The present invention provides a process of neutralizing beverage industrial wastewater by a bacterial strainsp. isolated in India, which strain is capable of bring down the pH of wastewater from 12.00 to 7.00 units within 1 to 1.5 hours.

Biotechnological process for neutralizing alkaline beverage industrial waste water

The invention provides a biological process for reduction of chemical and biological oxygen demand of pulp and paper industrial effluent using a mixed bacterial consortium comprising of bacterial strains isolated from natural sources which is capable of reducing chemical and biological oxygen demand of pulp and paper industrial effluent to standard discharge limits.

Biological process for reducing chemical and biochemical oxygen demand of pulp and paper industrial effluent

The present invention provides a novel process of neutralizing textile industrial wastewater by a bacterial strain isolated in India. The isolated bacterial strain is capable to bring down the pH of wastewater from 12.00 to 7.00 units within two hours. The neutralization of alkaline textile industrial wastewater by such biotechnological process is highly effective and economical as compared to conventional neutralization by chemical means. This biotechnological process may find wide commercial application in textile industries emanating alkaline wastewater.

Biological neutralization of highly alkaline textile industrial wastewater

The invention provides a novel process of lignin degradation using a consortium of bacteria. To date, biodegradation of lignin has been centered to fungi only. Degradation of lignin by bacteria confer a new understanding that may be of tremendous industrial significance. This invention also discloses the isolation and acclimatization of ligninolytic bacteria from a specific site.

Process for the isolation and acclimatization of bacteria for lignin degradation

The present invention relates to an environment friendly, safe, and efficient four-step method of bio-bleaching Kraft pulp using bacterial strains of accession no. MTCC 5096, MTCC 5094, MTCC 5095, and MTCC 5098, a microbial consortium comprising a synergistic mixture of ligninolytic bacterial isolates of accession no. MTCC 5094, MTCC 5095, and MTCC 5098, bacterial strains of accession Nos. MTCC 5096, MTCC 5094, MTCC 5095, and MTCC 5098, and a process of preparing an inoculum of the bacterial isolate of accession no. MTCC 5096, further, a process for the preparation of a consortium comprising the ligninolytic bacterial isolates of accession nos. MTCC 5094, MTCC 5095, and MTCC 5098, in addition, a process for the preparation of pulp suspension for the bio-bleaching.

Process for bio-bleaching of Kraft pulp using bacterial consortia

The present invention relates to a bacterial strain of accession No MTCC 5097 useful for reducing the Total dissolved solids (TDS) levels from both raw as well as electrofloated tannery effluents, a process of preparing innoculum of the strain for reducing the Total dissolved solids (TDS) levels from both raw as well as electrofloated tannery effluents and an aerobic method of reducing Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) from Tannery effluents using the said strain.

Aerobic method of removing total dissolved solids (TDS) from tannery wastewaters

The present invention relates to a bacterium strain of accession no. MTCC 5099, a process for the preparation of innoculum of the said strain, and a process for the reduction of color from pulp mill effluent using the above said innoculum, which comprises steps of inoculating appropriate aliquots of the pulp and paper mill effluent with the cell slurry obtained, incubating the mixture at about 37&#xb0; C. at about 100 rpm for time duration ranging between 24-48 hours, assessing color and total lignin levels to determine the color removal efficiency of the above said bacterium

The present invention relates to a bacterial strain of accession number MTCC 5098 useful for reducing the Total dissolved solids (TDS) levels from pulp and paper waste water effluents, and a process for the preparation of innoculum of the strain and also, a method of reducing Total dissolved solids (TDS) from pulp and paper waste water effluents using the said strain.

Bacterial strain MTCC 5098 and a method of reducing total dissolved solids (TDS) from pulp and paper wastewater effluents using the said strain

Immobilized cell beads incorporating formulated microbial consortium comprising a synergistic mixture of the following bacterial strains namely, and selected from the following isolated bacterial strains namely, are prepared, the formulated microbial consortium is immobilized in an appropriate immobilizing agent resulting in the formation of beads and the beads are used for instant BOD estimation using an electronic device and the formulated cell beads are reusable and are capable of assimilating most of the organic matter present in varied industrial effluents.

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