Fungal decolorization of dye wastewaters: a review

In recent years, there has been an intensive research on fungal decolorization of dye wastewater. It is becoming a promising alternative to replace or supplement present treatment processes. This paper examines various fungi, living or dead cells, which are capable of decolorizing dye wastewaters; discusses various mechanisms involved; reports some elution and regeneration methods for fungal biomass, summarizes the present pretreatment methods for increasing the biosorption capacity of fungal biomass-, discusses the effect of various factors on decolorization. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.