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Decolorization of Synthetic Dyes and Textile Effluents by Basidiomycetous Fungi

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Decolorization of six synthetic dyes and two raw textile effluents (A and B) by eight basidiomycetous fungi was investigated. Among eight basidiomycetous fungi, fungal isolate RCK-1 decolorized textile effluent A maximally (42%), while fungal isolate RCK-3 was found to decolorize more of Congo Red (69%), Xylidine Ponceau 2R (100%), Poly R-478 (96%), Indigo Carmine (99%), Lissamine Green B (90%), Toluidine Blue (57%) and textile effluent B (54%), than the rest of fungi. Percentage decolorization of all synthetic dyes and textile effluents by the new fungal isolates RCK-1 and RCK-3 was higher compared to the most widely studied simultaneous lignin degrader, Phanerochaete chrysosporium and selective lignin degrader, Pycnoporus cinnabarinus, when tested in liquid cultures. A statistically significant positive correlation between laccase production and decolorization of dyes and effluents was obtained as compared to other ligninolytic enzymes (lignin peroxidase and manganese peroxidase) production. This showed the importance of the differential contribution of the different ligninolytic enzymes towards the decolorization of the synthetic dyes and textile effluents. The substantially higher ligninolytic enzyme production by the fungal isolates RCK-1 and RCK-3 also suggested their potential use for textile effluent treatment and other possible biotechnological applications.

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The authors express their thanks to Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, for funding the project on decolorization of dye waste waters. The authors acknowledge the help of Dr. V. S. Rathore, Former Professor of Environmental Biology, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pant Nagar, Uttaranchal, India, for various suggestions during preparation of the manuscript.

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  1. Lignocellulose Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi, 110021, India

    Sarika Diwaniyan, Deepti Kharb & Ramesh Chander Kuhad

  2. National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Panaji, Goa, 403004, India

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Diwaniyan, S., Kharb, D., Raghukumar, C. et al. Decolorization of Synthetic Dyes and Textile Effluents by Basidiomycetous Fungi. Water Air Soil Pollut 210, 409–419 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-009-0263-x

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