it could be seen that although COD removal was very high,
decolourization of the wastewater was quite low when molasses
was used. It is also observed that total carbohydrate content in the
molasses was completely utilized and the absorbance peak at
465 nm wavelength decreased merely up to 65% at the end of this
stage. Further, maximum MnP activity observed in this case was
499.99 U/l which is lower than those observed with media containing
glucose (Fig. 2).