_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: drfazlul@ru.ac.bd; Ann. Res. Rev. Biol., vol. 37, no. 12, pp. 1-16, 2022 Annual Research & Review in Biology Volume 37, Issue 12, Page 1-16, 2022; Article no.ARRB.93021 ISSN: 2347-565X, NLM ID: 101632869 Decolourization and Detoxification of Azo Dye, Malachite Green by Pseudomonas monteilii Strain RZT1, a Bacterium Isolated from Textile Wastewater Tamanna Nasrin a , Ananda Kumar Saha a , Moni Krishno Mohanta a , Arnaba Saha Chaity b , Md. Jahangir Alam b and Md. Fazlul Haque a* a Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Rajshahi, Rajshai-6205, Bangladesh. b Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Rajshahi, Rajshai-6205, Bangladesh. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. Authors TN, AKS and MFH designed the study, performed the statistical analysis and wrote the protocol and the first draft of the manuscript. Author TN did the experimental works of the study. Author MJA did works for extraction and amplification of 16s rDNA. Authors MKM and ASC managed the literature searches. Author MFH edited the manuscript and finalized it. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/ARRB/2022/v37i1230552 Open Peer Review History: This journal follows the Advanced Open Peer Review policy. Identity of the Reviewers, Editor(s) and additional Reviewers, peer review comments, different versions of the manuscript, comments of the editors, etc are available here: https://www.sdiarticle5.com/review-history/93021 Received 05/09/2022 Accepted 10/11/2022 Published 03/12/2022 Original Research Article