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Degradation of Azo Dyes by White-Rot Fungi

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Microbial Degradation of Synthetic Dyes in Wastewaters

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The first synthetic dye, mauveine, was discovered in 1856 by the English chemist W.H. Perkin. Since then, natural dyes have been progressively replaced by synthetic dyes .

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Rodríguez-Couto, S. (2015). Degradation of Azo Dyes by White-Rot Fungi. In: Singh, S. (eds) Microbial Degradation of Synthetic Dyes in Wastewaters. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10942-8_14

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