Census of cultivable bacterial community in common effluent treatment plant (CETP) of tannery discharge and computational scrutiny on their leading residents

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Title	Census of cultivable bacterial community in common effluent treatment plant (CETP) of tannery discharge and computational scrutiny on their leading residents
Authors	Thangaiyan Suganya^1$, Jeyaraj Pandiarajan^1$, Vimalanathan Arunprasanna¹, Ponnusamy Shanmugam² & Muthukalingan Krishnan¹*
Affiliation	¹Department of Environmental Biotechnology, School of Environmental Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli- 620 024, Tamil Nadu, India; ²Department of Environmental Technology, Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai – 600 020, Tamil Nadu, India.
Email	profmkrish@yahoo.com; *Corresponding author
Article Type	Hypothesis
Date	Received October 08, 2012; Accepted October 10, 2012; Published January 18, 2013
Abstract	Common effluent treatment plant (CETP) for tannery effluent, is the combination of physical, chemical and biological treatment to facilitate the degradation of industrial waste water. Obviously, the biomass which survives in this extreme environment may have the ability to utilize the effluent as the sole carbon source for its survival. The ultimate aim of the present investigation is to expose the microbial diversity in each stage of the CETP through the culture dependent way. Bacterial diversity in the effluent were analysed through 16S rRNA gene. The community study revealed the dominance of firmicutes and the dominant genus was Bacillus sp, with variable species diversity. Notably, Putative Bacillus sp, B. firmus and B. licheniformis were observed in all stages of treatment. The dominant residents were analysed by BProm and TF site scan to prove their uniqueness. This species richness indicates the capability of liveliness in treatment plant and whose can be exploited for treating the effluent by using modern molecular approach.
Keywords	CETP, Bacterial community, 16S rRNA, Tannery, Effluent, Firmicutes, Bacillus sp.
Abbreviation	CETP - Common Effluent Treatment Plant; PTIET - Pallavaram Tanners Industrial Effluent Treatment Company Ltd.
Citation	Suganyaet al. Bioinformation 9(2): 101-105 (2013)
Edited by	P Kangueane
ISSN	0973-2063
Publisher	Biomedical Informatics
License	This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.