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Choesin (Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia) Assistant Professor Dr. Said Munir (Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia) Dr. Manish Mehta (Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, India) Dr. Marzuki Ismail (University Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia) Dr. Mohamed Fassy Yassin (University of Kuwait, Kuwait) Dr. Norberto Asensio (University of Basque Country, Spain) Dr. Thomas Neal Stewart (Mahidol University, Thailand) ASSISTANT TO EDITOR Associate Professor Dr. Kanchana Nakhapakorn Dr. Chitsanuphong Pratum Dr. Kamalaporn Kanongdate Dr. Paramita Punwong Dr. Witchaya Rongsayamanont JOURNAL MANAGER Isaree Apinya JOURNAL EDITORIAL OFFICER Supalak Wattanachalarmyot Parynya Chowwiwattanaporn Environment and Natural Resources Journal (EnNRJ) Volume 18, Number 1, January-March 2020 ISSN: 1686-5456 (Print) ISSN: 2408-2384 (Online) CONTENT Green Approach for Decolorization and Detoxification of 1 Textile Dye- CI Direct Blue 201 Using Native Bacterial Strains Ekanayake EMMS and Pathmalal M. Manage* Formulation of Natural Fortifiers from Readily Available 9 Materials for Nutrient Enrichment of Organic Fertilizers Taiwo B. Hammed*, Godson R.E.E. Ana, and Elizabeth O. Oloruntoba Adsorption of Reactive Dyes from Wastewater Using Cationic 21 Surfactant-modified Coffee Husk Biochar Chatsuda Kosaiyakanon and Suratsawadee Kungsanant* The Chemical Characteristic and Microbial Diversity of the 33 Hot Spring at Phusang National Park Sureewan Bumrungthai*, Sureewan Duangjit, Buntom Somsuwan, and Somchai Inpeng Effects of Volcanic Zeolite Tuff on Olive (Olea Europaea L.) 44 Growth and Soil Chemistry under a Constant Water Level: Five Years’ Monitoring Experience Jalal. A. Al-Tabbal*, Naji. K. Al-Mefleh, Kamel. K. Al-Zboon, and Maher. J. Tadros Pine Needle Energy Potential in Conifer Forest of Western 55 Himalayan Vishal Sharma* and Rajeev Kamal Sharma Effect of Plant Spacing and Organic Fertilizer Doses on 66 Methane Emission in Organic Rice Fields Andin Muhammad Abduh, Eko Hanudin*, Benito Heru Purwanto and Sri Nuryani Hidayah Utami Effects of Agrobacterium sp. I26, Manure and Inorganic 75 Fertilizers to Pb Content of Rice Grains Planted in Pb Polluted Soil Retno Rosariastuti*, Muhamad Sulthoni Fauzi1, Purwanto, and Suntoro Structural Durability Assessment of Stilt Houses to Flash 85 Flooding: Case Study of Flash Flood-Affected Sites in Thailand Olarn Charoenchai* and Kampanad Bhaktikul Association of Community-level Traits with Soil Properties in 101 a Tropical Coastal Sand Dune Dokrak Marod, Sarawood Sungkaew, Hiromi Mizunaga, and Jakkaphong Thongsawi* Environment and Natural Resources Journal 2020; 18(1): 1-8 Green Approach for Decolorization and Detoxification of Textile Dye- CI Direct Blue 201 Using Native Bacterial Strains Ekanayake EMMS and Pathmalal M. Manage* Centre for Water Quality and Algae Research, Department of Zoology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda 10250, Sri Lanka ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Received: 19 Feb 2019 One hundred and fifty six native bacterial strains with different morphological Received in revised: 6 Jun 2019 characters were isolated from water and soil samples collected from textile Accepted: 14 Jun 2019 wastewater effluent sites, Sri Lanka. Three isolated bacterial strains were more Published online: 14 August 2019 effective on decolorization of CI Direct Blue 201 textile dye and 16s rRNA DOI: 10.32526/ennrj.18.1.2020.01 analysis reveals that the bacterial strains were Alcaligenes faecalis Keywords: (MK166784), Micrococcus luteus (MK166783) and Staphylococcus warneri Bioremediation/ Decolorization/ (MK256311). A. faecalis, M. luteus and S. warneri showed complete Alcaligenes faecalis/ Micrococcus decolorization of CI Direct Blue 201 textile dye within 60, 64, and 72 h of luteus/ Staphylococcus warneri incubation time respectively under the static conditions at 28 oC. Decolorization o o was effective at a temperature range from 24 C to 40 C and pH range from 7 to * Corresponding author: 9. The presence of tryptone, peptone or yeast in the Mineral Salt Medium E-mail: [email protected] enhanced the decolorization of the dye. Phytotoxicity assay based on the seed germination percentages of Oryza sativa and Vigna radiate showed that the detoxification of CI Direct Blue 201 textile dye after the bacterial treatment was effective signifying the potential applicability of the A. faecalis, M. luteus and S. warneri to develop a green application to treat textile wastewater. 1. INTRODUCTION 2018). Therefore, textile wastewater effluent interrupts The natural coloring materials which derived the wellbeing of aquatic ecosystems by deteriorating from plant, animal or mineral sources have played an the quality of surface and groundwater (Ileperuma, important role in every civilization, until the first 2000; Mahagamage and Manage, 2014; Mahagamage synthetic dye: “mauveine” was discovered in the late et al., 2015). Finally, the discharges trigger the nineteenth century (Hunger, 2003). However, synthetic formation of carcinogenic, microtoxic, mutagenic dyes have invaded the textile dyeing industry rapidly diseases in terrestrial animals as well as in human due to the excellent color fastness ability, lower beings (Gupta et al., 2009). production cost, broad range of color spectra, etc. Although there are various important