In the present study, Chryseobacterium geocarposphaerae DD3 isolated from textile industry dye effluent in West Bengal, India, displayed significant tolerance to sulfonated di-azo Congo red (CR), up 500 ppm. The optimum decolourisation revealed that C. was capable of 96.52% 0.2 g L−1 CR within 12 h treatment presence 5 glucose as supplementary carbon source. Biodegradation analysis decolourised...