Studies on Mycoremediation of Coomassie Brilliant Blue by Aspergillus spp. | Chapter 8 | New Innovations in Chemistry and Biochemistry Vol. 2
Water pollution is one of the most serious global threats. The discharge of untreated industrial effluent into ecosystems poses a major threat to aquatic life, plants, and humans. Environmentalists pay special attention to the textile sector among pollution-causing industries because of the vast amounts of water, dyes, and chemicals required in textile manufacturing. Textile effluents contain aromatic amines, dyes, organic and inorganic chemicals, and carcinogenic aromatic amines. Synthetic colourants include azo, anthro quinone, and triphenyl methane dyes, which are difficult to degrade and have been studied extensively. In recent years, however, a number of fungi have been shown to be capable of transferring azo dyes to non-toxic goods under certain environmental conditions. There are now physical, chemical, and biological methods for removing coloured pigments from textile industry effluents. The degradation and decolorization of the tested dye by Aspergillus spp appeared to be ow...