Studies on Mycoremediation of Coomassie Brilliant Blue by Aspergillus spp.

Abstract

One of the most serious global threats is water pollution. Untreated industrial effluent discharged into ecosystems poses a serious threat to aquatic life, plants, and humans. Among pollution-causing industries, the textile industry receives special attention from environmentalists due to the large amount of water, dyes, and chemicals used in textile processing. Aromatic amines, dyes, organic and inorganic compounds, and carcinogenic aromatic amines are all found in textile effluents. The principal types of synthetic colourants are azo, anthro quinone, and triphenyl methane dyes, which are difficult to degrade and have received a lot of study.   Nonetheless, numerous fungi have been shown to be capable of transferring azo dyes to non-toxic goods under certain environmental conditions in recent years. Physic, chemical, and biological approaches for removing coloured pigments from textile industry effluents are now available. In the present study, the degradation and decolourization of tested dye by Aspergillus spp appeared to be due to the production of extracellular enzymes by this fungus in the dye-containing medium.