title: Bioaccumulation of the synthetic dye Basic Violet 3 and heavy metals in single and binary systems by Candida tropicalis grown in a sugarcane bagasse extract medium: modelling optimal conditions using response surface methodology (RSM) and inhibition kinetics.
abstract: Single and binary effects of dye Basic Violet 3 and heavy metals, 'namely', Pb(II) and Cd(II), were investigated for their role in dye and heavy metal bioaccumulation by Candida tropicalis that was grown in a sugarcane bagasse extract medium containing 8 g/L, 16 g/L or 24 g/L of sugar. The optimum pH was found to be 4.0 in the single system and 5.0 in the binary system. A central composite design was successfully used to analyse the experimental results. Four numerical correlations that were fitted to a second order quadratic equation were used to estimate optimum combinations predicted by response surface methodology. In the dye-Pb(II) binary system, C. tropicalis was capable of bioaccumulating 49.5% of the dye and 49.6% of the Pb(II), in comparison to 15.9% of the dye and 55.5% of the Cd(II) in the dye-Cd(II) binary system. In these two systems, the pollutants were dispersed at minimum working concentration levels. Competitive inhibition was observed in both the single and binary systems, which was suggested by an increase in the saturation constant, K(s), and a simultaneous decrease in the specific growth rate that was calculated from Lineweaver-Burk plots. Atomic force microscopy images demonstrated changes in yeast cell morphology by exposure to these contaminants in the dye-Pb(II) binary system grown in a bioaccumulation medium.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Biotechnology Division, School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore 632 014, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Devlina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Charumathi
authors.forename: Nilanjana
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D018533:Biomass; D002104:Cadmium / Q000378:metabolism; D041022:Candida tropicalis / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D003470:Culture Media; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D007854:Lead / Q000378:metabolism; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis*; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D015233:Models, Statistical; D012394:Rosaniline Dyes / Q000378:metabolism*; D031786:Saccharum / Q000737:chemistry*; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D012394:Rosaniline Dyes; D002104:Cadmium; D007854:Lead; C031693:violet BNP