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Fungal Biosorption, An Innovative Treatment for the Decolourisation and Detoxification of Textile Effluents

Valeria Tigini    
Valeria Prigione    
Pietro Giansanti    
Antonella Mangiavillano    
Antonella Pannocchia and Giovanna Cristina Varese    

Resumen

Textile effluents are among the most difficult-to-treat wastewaters, due to their considerable amount of recalcitrant and toxic substances. Fungal biosorption is viewed as a valuable additional treatment for removing pollutants from textile wastewaters. In this study the efficiency of Cunninghamella elegans biomass in terms of contaminants, COD and toxicity reduction was tested against textile effluents sampled in different points of wastewater treatment plants. The results showed that C. elegans is a promising candidate for the decolourisation and detoxification of textile wastewaters and its versatility makes it very competitive compared with conventional sorbents adopted in industrial processes.

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