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Role of Fungi in the Removal of Synthetic Dyes from Textile Industry Effluents

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The present review focuses on the role of fungi in the biological degradation/decolourization of textile wastes and effluents. The major decomposers of xenobiotics are fungi and bacteria. Among both of them, fungi occupy a key role in dye degradation/decolourization due to their efficiency in the production of dye decolourizing enzymes as absorbents. The present study highlighted the advancement of the fungal degradation of textile effluents by the usage of effective fungal strains. The biological degradation by using fungi or mycoremediation on textile effluents or dyes using effective fungi is a comparatively economic and eco-friendly process, to mineralize the degrading compounds of textile dyes. Fungi play a significant role in the biodegradation/decolourization of textile dyes through the enzymatic activity that depends on absorption, adsorption, and accumulation of recalcitrant compounds from the effluents.

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Santhilatha, P., Haritha, B., Suseela, L. (2022). Role of Fungi in the Removal of Synthetic Dyes from Textile Industry Effluents. In: Khadir, A., Muthu, S.S. (eds) Biological Approaches in Dye-Containing Wastewater. Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing & Chemistry. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0526-1_7

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