In order to analyze the efficiency of the identified strains reported on treatment of tannery
saline wastewater, comparative studies were performed employing activated tannery sludge and natural habitat
microbes (those present in the raw effluent) separately.Batch experiments on tannery saline wastewater degradation
were performed at optimized growth conditions of respective strains as given in Table 1 (inoculum dosage (2% v/v), pH of 7.0, 37°C and at 200 rpm).