Table 3 Genotoxicity analysis for the raw and treated effluent.

From: Mycoremediation and toxicity assessment of textile effluent pertaining to its possible correlation with COD

Analysis

Raw Effluent

Treated effluent

RL (cm)

3.28 ± 0.65

5.84 ± 0.41

MI

0.3 ± 1.32

0.9 ± 0.562

MN

Not found

Not found

CB

3

1

TA

3

1

TCA

50

50

Frequency of TA

0.5 ± 0.04*

0.25 ± 0.005

  1. RL- root length; MI- Mitotic index; MN- micronuclei; CB- Chromosome breaks; TCA- total no. of cells analysed; TA-Total no. of alterations. Values are mean of three experiments, * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.001 by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Tukey–Kramer comparison test.
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