MUMBAI, India, Feb. 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641007494 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, on Jan. 26, for 'method for degradation of synthetic dyes in textile effluent using a bacterial consortium.'

Inventor(s) include Sakthishabarish. K; and Dr. Kannabiran. K.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 13, under issue no. 07/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a method for enhanced degradation and detoxification of high concentrations of synthetic textile dyes using a bacterial consortium of Stutzerimonas stutzeri VITKSS2, Brucella ciceri VITKSS3 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa VIT...